Whitman was placed on paid administrative leave in August 2019 by Police Chief Richard Howe. Listed on 2023-03-01. And if true, this breaches the integrity of our occupation., Both Whitman and Lu were ordered to surrender their passports. He faces sentencing in December. An official website of the United States government. Construction of the facility was started, but not completed before some of the required permits expired. The victims have been identified as 91-year-old Doris. BOSTON (WHDH) - A Tyngsboro police officer and a Chinese national were arrested Wednesday after authorities say they illegally modified firearms and sought to build a shooting range to serve regional and international customers. Read More. A woman was killed in a house fire in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. Postal Inspection Service in Boston; James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Services Criminal Investigations in Boston made the announcement. The I-70 killer gunned down six people in strip malls around Interstate 70, between Indiana and Kansas back in the spring of 1992. 2 Player of the Year, Lowell boys basketball team tops Malden in Division 1 prelim, High school roundup: Vinny D'Urso, Lowell Catholic blank Haverhill, 1-0, MVC boys basketball: Tewksbury's Ryan Cuvier named Div. . I am very troubled by (the allegations), Chief Howe said. The defendants will make initial appearances today in federal court in Boston. According to the complaint, White and Lu also illegally ran gun clinics and training camps for Chinese tourists, without necessary permits from the US State Department. In a criminal complaint, the US Government also alleges Whitman and Lu sought to open an indoor gun range that would cater to regional and international customers, with funding from Chinese investors. Both men were released from custody on bond and they refused to speak with the media.