UPDATED: Sergeant in Sheriff's Office Arraigned on Drug Charges
The investigation began in April, culminating with the arrest of Michael Dell’Isola of Somerville on Monday.
*UPDATED at 12:35 p.m. WOBURN – A Middlesex Sheriff’s Department sergeant from Somerville was arraigned Tuesday in Woburn District Court after being arrested and charged with receiving cocaine from an undercover state trooper. Judge Paul Yee ordered Michael Dell’Isola, 51, be held on $1,000 cash bail with the condition that he stays away from the Sheriff’s Department, according to Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone. Dell'Isola is slated to reappear in court June 8 for a probable cause hearing. “This defendant is alleged to have accepted illegal narcotics and money from an undercover state trooper this afternoon, in violation of the public trust placed in all employees who engage in the care, custody and control of prisoners," Leone …
