The Massachusetts State Police second-in-command is stepping down after the announced departure of the agency's chief amid claims he ordered a trooper to alter a police report on the arrest of a judge's daughter. Spokesman David Procopio says Deputy Superintendent Francis Hughes retired Tuesday after a 31-year career. Procopio says it's tradition for the deputy superintendent to leave his or her position when the superintendent does. McKeon resigned in the wake of a federal lawsuit by a trooper, who alleges he was ordered to alter the police report to remove embarrassing information about the daughter of a judge. Police have defended asking the trooper to alter the report, saying some information wasn't relevant to the arrest.

Source: Fox News November 15, 2017 00:56 UTC