Press Release  Former Transit Police Sergeant to Pay Restitution in Stolen Wages Case

Boston, MA — A Boston Municipal Court judge placed former Transit Police officer, Sgt. Michael Adamson on pre-trial probation for 3 months during a disposition hearing on November 2, 2023. As part of the pre-trial probation disposition, Sgt. Michael Adamson will pay restitution of $600 to the MBTA.

Sgt. Michael Adamson is one of three Transit Police officers who was charged with larceny over $250 following an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the MBTA Transit Police Department (TPD) and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office (SCDAO).  Evidence collected by the OIG and the TPD found that the officers either left their shifts early or did not show up for shifts that they were paid in full to work.

After receiving a complaint regarding a TPD cruiser parked overnight in a residential area of Winthrop, an investigation was initiated.  A review of GPS data from Sgt. Adamsons’ cruiser and other evidence revealed that he was absent from portions of his shifts on 15 separate occasions between October 25, 2017, and February 14, 2018.  In total, he was paid $1,228.36 for hours he never worked.  He was ordered to repay the MBTA $600.

In December 2021, a BMC judge placed Sgt. Kenneth Berg, a former TPD lieutenant, and Jason Morris, a former TPD sergeant, on pre-trial probation with the condition to repay the MBTA $8,460.97 and $4,354.55 respectively.  In total, the MBTA recovered $13,415.52 of the stolen wages.

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