Solomon would not itemize why LaCroix was advised beside the metropolis to revolve the narcotic on top of to Marlborough authorities, saying peerless that the accord "was based on the element of the incident, which are underneath investigation." No weight bear been filed. Marlborough constabulary leader Paul Valianti declined to comment. In a seperate incident, Newton firefighter Keith Eppich, 30, of Norwood, was charged with ownership of heroin Thursday after Boston boys in blue allegedly proverb him obtain the drug. He was to be arraigned yesterday in Dorchester.

Eppich joined the Newton Heat Branch in 2004 and was placed on administrative dispensation yesterday, Solomon said. The conurbation keep in view to mastery a disciplinary hearing on manage unfit a Newton firefighter alongside month. The two event involving medicament in the Newton Blaze Department come from an Aug.

6 business agreement resolve alongside a nation labour panel that was principally favourable to the firefighters uniting that, middle other things, locate aside a commercial next to the megalopolis to inflict haphazard drug testing on firefighters.

The Seam Labor-Management Commitee ruling ended a five-year contract poser between Cohen and firefighter's union. Firefighters won five senescence of retroactive raises, another banknote representing education, and eliminated a doubtful clause requiring firefighters to current a doctor's comment confirming they or their next of kin fellow are ill.

Solomon said the theory of accidental drug testing would very likely be raised again in January, when the fˆte are expected to enter upon collective bargaining on the coterminous contract. Rachana Rathi can be reached at rrathi globe.com. Copyright 2008 Earth Newspaper Company.

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