Judge Urges Review Of Cases Involving Former Rockland Officer, Citing A ‘pattern Of Dishonesty’

A judge ruled in Knox County Superior Court that a man who had pleaded guilty in a drunken-driving case involving former Rockland police officer Jacob Shirey could withdraw that plea. VillageSoup photo ROCKLAND — A judge has allowed a Union man to withdraw his guilty plea in a drunken-driving case from nearly five years ago and urged the district attorney’s office to review all of the cases in which a former Rockland police officer’s testimony was important in obtaining convictions. Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings issued his ruling in Knox County Superior Court on June 22 in the case of Earle J.