Charges dropped against former Massachusetts State Police Trooper accused of sex assault during 2024 traffic stop
Prosecutors have dropped the charges against a former Massachusetts State Police trooper who allegedly requested a sexual act during a traffic stop in 2024.
The decision from the Middlesex District Attorney's office came days before Terence Kent was scheduled to go on trial on charges of bribery and indecent assault and battery. Kent has denied the allegations.
Court documents show the alleged victim refused to testify, citing mental health issues.
Prosecutors said on August 24, 2024 at about 4 p.m., Kent encountered a man who was parked near Soldiers Field Road in Brighton. Kent allegedly used his marked State Police cruiser to block the man's vehicle from leaving.
According to investigators, the man asked Kent to move, but Kent allegedly told him his vehicle had to be towed because his registration and insurance had expired.
Kent then allegedly requested the man meet him at a Department of Transportation property in Lexington. He then allegedly asked the man to perform a sexual act "as a favor to him" and his car would not be towed.
Kent was indicted in March 2025.
He graduated from the State Police Academy in August 2017. He was suspended without pay for the sexual misconduct allegations in November 2024.
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts State Police told WBZ-TV Thursday that Kent resigned from the department with a dishonorable dischage on August 6, 2025.
In 2023, Kent was suspended for eight days after an internal affairs investigation involving abandoning an assigned post.
