Major discipline · 2024[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Sheriff's Investigator
- Sustained charge(s)
- Truthfulness, Standard of Conduct, , All other Conduct, a Public Employee, , .
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Middlesex County Sheriffs Office reported that Sheriff's Investigator Tyrell Cabbell submitted a fraudulent doctor's note, presented as coming from a Department of Veterans Affairs physician, that allowed him to keep trimmed facial hair. The physician said she did not write it, and it did not exist in Veterans Affairs files. Cabbell submitted the note on March 20, 2024. In lieu of termination, he resigned under a settlement agreement and separated while an internal affairs case was pending. Sustained charges included Truthfulness and Neglect of Duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Investigator Cabell submitted a fraudulent doctors note to the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office. The doctor’s note in question allegedly came from Dr. P, who is employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The note in question allows Cabbell to have facial hair trimmed no longer than “1-4 inch.” Dr. P states she did not write this note. Furthermore, this note, submitted by you on March 20, 2024, does not exist in the Veterans Affairs files. In lieu of termination, Cabell resigned from his employment with the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office pursuant to a settlement agreement.