Who would break into a police officer’s home, steal jewelry, and then spray “BLM” on the house? Evidence from the investigation points to the police officer’s own wife.
Police: ‘Something Wasn’t Quite Right’
Maria Daly, wife of Millbury, Massachusetts police officer Daniel Daly, reported a burglary in her home on October 17. She called the police to say that $10,000 worth of jewelry, as well as some money, was taken from her home while she and her husband slept.
That wasn’t all. Right after Maria Daly filed her police report, she posted the following on social media:
“We woke up to not only our house being robbed while we were sleeping, but to see this hatred for no reason.”
The letters “BLM” had been spray painted on the couple’s home.
The Millbury Police Department, however, was not fooled so easily. Police Chief Donald Desorcy said:
“Something wasn’t quite right. I think that was pretty obvious and as a result of that investigation, the officers did their due diligence and followed through with the investigation that we had.”
WCSH6 News out of Portland, Maine reported that not only was the police officer home, but a K-9 police dog was in the house as well.
Chief Desorcy made sure to say that the police officer was not involved in the set-up:
“I stress Officer Daly has been exonerated at this time. I’ve seen no evidence indicating he had any knowledge of what was happening.”
The chief also indicated that he believes the staged break-in may have been financially motivated, but declined to comment further.
Though police officers at the scene said they did not attempt to guess what the letters may mean, it wouldn’t be the first time that the #BlackLivesMatter movement has been blamed for wrongdoing.
#BlackLivesMatter Blamed For Vandalization, Murder
This latest incident is just another in a long string of incidents that have been falsely blamed on the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
NewsOne put together a list of events last year that have been blamed on the movement. Further investigation into each of these incidents proved them false.
That list is available here.
As for Officer Daly’s wife, she is being charged with filing a false police report. The Millbury Police Department should be commended for looking into this matter fully.
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