"The reasons behind these delays revolve around State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley, who was involved in a fatal crash in Woburn in December 2023, records show. Quigley, who investigated the Phan brothers' case, struck a wheelchair van with his police cruiser. One month after the crash, Angelo Schettino, a passenger in that van, died from his injuries."
"Prosecutors told the Phan brothers' attorneys that Quigley may have been drunk when he crashed his cruiser and allegedly had a .11 blood alcohol level, the Boston Herald reported. In a Feb. 20 statement from his attorney, Quigley insisted that the crash was 'an unfortunate and tragic accident - not a criminal act.'"
Billoeum, Billy, and Channa Phan face murder charges in the September 2020 death of Tyrone Phet in Lowell. They were indicted in January 2021 and pleaded not guilty. Their first trial in November 2024 ended in mistrial when the jury deadlocked. A retrial scheduled for April 27 has been indefinitely postponed due to concerns about State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley, the investigator on their case. Quigley was involved in a December 2023 fatal crash in Woburn where his police cruiser struck a wheelchair van. A passenger died from injuries one month later. Prosecutors revealed Quigley may have had a .11 blood alcohol level during the crash, raising questions about his credibility as a witness.
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