Jeffrey D. Perry

Boston Globe: GOPer Involved In Illegal Strip Searches Of Teen Girls

Jillian Rayfield | May 18, 2010, 12:06PM

Congressional candidate Jeffrey D. Perry (MA)

State Rep. Jeffrey D. Perry (R-MA), who is also running for Congress, is getting some unwanted attention for his tenure as a police sergeant in the 1990s -- particularly for two illegal strip searches of teenage girls conducted by an officer under Perry's command.

While the officer was sentenced in 1994 to four years in prison, Perry was never convicted of any crime. But the Boston Globe is re-raising questions about the incidents in light of Perry's congressional bid.

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