‼️Who is Robert Devine, AKA Marty Riggs?‼️ 1996 RD marries Lisa Linskey. They met when Devine was her squad leader at the police academy. 1999 Appointed as a police officer with the SPD. 2002 RD is appointed to run the Explorers Program. 2003 ‼️RD helps open a youth gym at the Middle School. He continued running the Explorers Program. This is where he meets the Farwell brothers. 2004-2006 Promoted to sergeant, then Lt. 2008 ‼️RD is named Executive Officer by Chief Murphy. RD was noted as one of the few officers who cooperated with prosecutors during a prior departmental corruption investigation, gaining a reputation as an “outsider” among peers. 2011 ‼️RD receives a departmental award for his role in investigating corruption within the SPD. 2012 ‼️RD publicly praises the Farwell brothers and told a reporter they had “grown up right before my eyes.” 2013 -Officially appointed Deputy Chief. ‼️Begins an affair with Tiffany Overstreet. *Detailed in the following post 2016-2020 -Devine continues to oversee the Explorers Program. ‼️RD engages in an inappropriate relationship with SB during or after her time in the program (no evidence to prove when the relationship begin). drive.google.com/file/d/1mn_… Fall 2020 ‼️SB communicated through Facebook with a user later identified by investigators as RD. Devine used the Facebook alias “Marty Riggs” (Lethal Weapon). ‼️Devine engages in a full sexual relationship with SB, including meetings inside his PD patrol car. universalhub.com/images/2024… January 2021 -RD is admitted to practice law by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers (BBO #707102). February 1, 2021 🚨SB dies in her apartment. March 2022 -The SPD examined RD’s conduct as part of its IA investigation into officers’ relationships with SB. April 2022 ‼️Town of Stoughton placed Devine and WF on administrative leave. May 2022 ‼️Investigators find a conversation thread within SB Facebook Messenger files involving a blocked or anonymous user. Investigators believe the user was Devine. ‼️Investigators noted that the user described himself as an attorney, a SPD employee and discussed meeting SB while on duty in a patrol car and other meeting locations. Further investigation identified the Facebook user as “Marty Riggs.” crimetimelines.com/wp-conten… August 2022 ‼️Internal Affairs Report (by Holmes) identifies RD as having engaged in egregious misconduct involving SB. ‼️Devine resigns while the internal-affairs investigation is pending. A second interview with RD was scheduled for August 18, 2022, but his resignation became effective two days before the interview. ‼️Devine challenges the investigation claiming that his accounts had been hacked. September 2022 ‼️Chief Donna McNamara confirmed in an internal email that MF, WF, and RD would not be returning to SPD. crimetimelines.com/wp-conten… November 2022 ‼️The Massachusetts POST Commission opens an inquiry on whether RD demonstrated a pattern of unprofessional police conduct and repeated sustained internal-affairs complaints. drive.google.com/file/d/1mn_… December 2022 ‼️Sandra Birchmore’s estate files a civil action naming RD, MF, WF, JH, the Town of Stoughton, and the SPD as defendants. 2025 ‼️The Massachusetts POST Commission issued its final decision, finding by clear and convincing evidence that RD had a pattern of unprofessional police conduct that could escalate and repeated sustained internal-affairs complaints. ‼️The Commission formally revoked Robert Devine’s law-enforcement certification and ordered that the revocation information be provided to the National Decertification Index. #RobertDevine #MatthewFarwell #SandraBirchmore