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Posted by: PBC FL Cop

Statie found guilty of rape

By Associated Press
Saturday, April 14, 2007 - Updated: 09:11 AM EST

A state trooper was convicted yesterday of three counts of rape while he was on duty in Cambridge last year, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said.

Prosecutors said Daniel Grant, 42, of Holbrook threatened to plant drugs on a 26-year-old woman unless she complied with his demands for sex in the Jan. 20, 2006, incident. He had denied the charges.


Authorities said Grant, in uniform with a gun and a badge, approached a parked car in which the woman and a man were sitting. Grant ran a check on the car’s license plate and a criminal check on the man, who he discovered had an outstanding arrest warrant and criminal cases pending in court.


He offered the man a small amount of cash and told him to leave, prosecutors said, and told the woman she was with a “bad guy” and that he did her a favor.

Grant told the woman to follow him in her car, prosecutors said, and led her to a state-owned building in Cambridge, where he sexually assaulted her three times.
Grant is to be sentenced on Tuesday. He was suspended without pay after the charges were filed against him last year.


WTF was this guy thinking???

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Posted by: HousingCop

WTF was this guy thinking???
He wasn't thinking with the right head, that's his problem

Some favor he did for her. She's now returned the favor and he's spending the next few years in the GreyBar Motel. Not only did he bring disgrace upon himself and employer, it paints all cops in a bad light.

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Posted by: MARINECOP

He will be treated fairly in prison. What a scumbag.

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Posted by: HousingCop

Danny Grant got sentenced to 8-10 years. Serves him right.

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Posted by: BPD3352

Welcome to the land of Protective Custody... Skinners stick together

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Posted by: Piper

MA State trooper gets 8-10 years in rape
By Staff and wire reports
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

A Massachusetts state trooper described by prosecutors as an “opportunistic predator” was sentenced to eight to 10 years at MCI-Cedar Junction yesterday for abusing his authority and sexually assaulting a 26-year-old mother.
Former trooper Daniel Grant of Holbrook, convicted last week on three rape counts in Middlesex Superior Court, was led from a Cambridge courtroom in handcuffs as the victim and her relatives wept.
“The defendant disgraced himself, his family and the uniform that he wears,” said Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth A. Dunigan during closing statements yesterday before presiding Judge Herman Smith.

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Posted by: Chree

Damn shame....You think you know a guy, then he gets arrested and convicted of rape?!?!? WTF???


Trooper rapist gets 8 to 10 years; Veteran state cop also given 5 years’ probation after 2006 crime

By DENNIS TATZ
The Patriot Ledger
A veteran state trooper from Holbrook has been ordered to serve 8 to 10 years in prison for raping a woman in Cambridge last year.

Middlesex Superior Court Judge Herman Smith sentenced Daniel Grant yesterday.

Grant, 43, who will be on probation for five years after he gets out of prison, was convicted last Friday of three counts of rape. An appeal of the conviction is planned.

Prosecutor Elizabeth Dunigan had recommended a sentence of 12 to 15 years for Grant, who is married and the father of three children.

In arguing for a lesser sentence of 3 to 6 years, defense attorney George Hassett of Quincy gave the judge 50 letters supporting Grant from family, friends and fellow parishioners at St. Joseph’s Church in Holbrook.

‘‘I think the letters made a difference,’’ Hassett said in a telephone interview following sentencing yesterday.

There was neither physical nor forensic evidence to link Grant to the crime, his attorney said.

Middlesex County District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. praised the victim for reporting the rape to authorities.

‘‘The victim in this case went through a deeply traumatic experience, and she deserves great credit for bravely coming forward and recounting this incident to the jurors,’’ he said.

‘‘Daniel Grant abused his position of authority to prey upon a vulnerable victim and he has brought dishonor to himself and the uniform he was privileged to wear,’’

There was neither physical nor forensic evidence to link Grant to the crime, his attorney said. Grant did not testify at his trial.

Authorities said Grant was on duty and in uniform at about 11:15 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2006, when he approached a 26-year-old woman and a man sitting in a parked car. The trooper allegedly offered the man a small amount of cash and told him to leave, then told the woman to follow him in her car.

Grant told the woman he was doing her a favor for not arresting her. He then noticed that she had a baby seat in the back of the car and said that he could make life very difficult for her family, according to testimony in the case.

After removing what appeared to be a small bag of cocaine from his pocket, the trooper reportedly told the woman the drugs could ‘‘very easily’’ be hers, and asked if she would ‘‘like to spend some time in Framingham.’’ There is a women’s prison in Framingham.

After parking their cars at a nearby former MDC building, Grant and the woman went inside and he raped her repeatedly. When it was over, Grant reportedly told her that ‘‘she did the right thing.’’

The woman reported the rape a short time later to relatives and Stoneham police.

State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Cambridge police investigated the incident.

Grant, a 17-year veteran of the department, was suspended without pay at the time. A grand jury later indicted him on the rape charges.

State Police Superintendent Mark F. Delaney said yesterday that Grant’s criminal actions had brought him disgrace and dishonor.

‘‘His actions are not reflective of the excellence and tradition of the Massachusetts State Police and the men and women who serve this proud department with honor and distinction,’’ Delaney said.

Dennis Tatz may be reached at dtatz@ledger.com .

Copyright 2007 The Patriot Ledger
Transmitted Wednesday, April 18, 2007

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