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A 46-year-old Medway man was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of making racial threats and lewd messages targeting Milford police officers.
According to multiple sources, Lawrence Trust was taken into custody at approximately 10:30 a.m. at his Medway residence by members of the Milford Police Detective Bureau and Special Operations Unit, with assistance from Medway Police.
The investigation began July 16 when the Milford Police Department received multiple phone calls at approximately 9:33 p.m. from an unidentified caller using a “ghost” phone number.
The caller made racially charged statements directed at minority residents of Milford and comments targeting the ethnicity of Milford Police Department officers.
At 9:47 p.m. the same evening, the department’s official Instagram account received direct messages from an account indicating the sender had called the department.
The messages contained additional threats toward minority groups and sexually aggressive comments toward two female officers.
The Milford Police Detective Bureau launched an investigation July 17, working with the Medway Police Department Detective Unit to identify Trust as the individual responsible for the Instagram messages.
Trust was arrested on a warrant for threats to commit a crime and transported to the Milford Police Department for booking before being arraigned in Milford District Court.
“This kind of lewd and bigoted behavior will not be tolerated toward the citizens and officers I serve,” Milford Police Chief Robert Tusino said.
“There is zero tolerance in Milford for threats against a person based on their race, ethnicity, creed, or sex.”
