Former Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Trading Documents For Drugs

BOSTON (CBS) — A former Middlesex Assistant District Attorney pleaded guilty and was sentenced after admitting to trading information in exchange for drugs.

Stephen Gilpatric, 35, served as ADA from 2007 to 2014 when an investigation began into accusations that he traded confidential documents to a drug dealer in exchange for oxycodone.

On Friday, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that Gilpatric changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, suspended for five years.

Under the terms of his probation, Gilpatric will be subject to random drug testing, drug evaluation, and treatement as warranted. He will also be banned from working in law enforcement in the future.

Gilpatric was accused of trading a Board of Probation record, a police report, a photograph, and other personal information to a drug dealer.

The former ADA also allegedly provided a criminal record and organizational chart of a drug ring to his own drug supplier, hoping to receive oxycodone in exchange.

Earlier this month, Gilpatric pleaded not guilty to the charges after a grand jury indicted him.

On Friday afternoon, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan released a statement on Gilpatric's change of plea.

"While it may be true that addictions lead people to make bad decisions and that addictions occur in people in all walks of life, people who have the privilege of serving as Assistant District Attorneys hold positions of trust and have no excuse for releasing confidential information," Ryan said.

"Every Assistant District Attorney in this office is fully aware that in no situation, under no circumstances, and under no amount of personal stress, may he or she release confidential information to anyone not authorized to receive it."