SPRINGFIELD, Mass. March 29 2019 – Thirteen Springfield Police officers and one former officer have been indicted on multiple charges in connection to a assault on four people and an attempt to cover up the incident.

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the FBI allege that, on April 18, 2015, off-duty Springfield officers Daniel Billingsley, 30, Anthony Cicero, 29, Christian Cicero, 28, Igor Basovskiy, 34, Jameson Williams, 33, Jose Diaz, 54 and bar owner John Sullivan, 34, physically assaulted four people outside Nathan Bills Bar & Restaurant following a confrontation.

The victims had left the bar when the defendants allegedly followed them down the street and assaulted them. The defendants allgedly beat and kicked the four victims, significantly injuring some of them and leaving some with permanent injuries.

All six Springfield officers as well as the bar owner are charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, four counts of shod foot, one count each of assault and battery with intent to commit serious bodily injury, three counts each of assault and battery and one count each of conspiracy.

The AG’s Office also alleges that, following the attack, nine Springfield officers, as well as John Sullivan and Joseph Sullivan were in cahoots as part of a plan to cover up the assault.

Several others were indicted on Wednesday by a grand jury in connection with attempting to cover up the details of the assault:

John Sullivan – Misleading a federal agent/investigator.

Springfield Police Officer Jose Diaz – Misleading a police officer/investigator.

Springfield Police Officer Darren Nguyen, age 40, of Holland – Perjury, misleading a police

officer/investigator and filing a false police report.

Springfield Police Officer Shavonne Lewis, age 29, of Springfield – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator and filing a false police report.

Springfield Police Sergeant Louis Bortolussi, age 57, of East Longmeadow – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator and filing a false police report.

Springfield Police Officer Derrick Gentry-Mitchell, age 29, of Springfield – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator/grand jury and filing a false police report.

Springfield Police Officer James D’Amour, age 42, of Hampden – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator and filing a false police report.

Springfield Police Officer John Wajdula, age 34, of Springfield – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator/federal agent and filing a false police report.

Former Springfield Police Officer Nathaniel Perez, age 27, of West Springfield – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator and filing a false police report.

Springfield Police Officer Melissa Rodriguez, age 32, of Springfield – Perjury.

Bar Manager Joseph Sullivan, age 42, of Hampden – Perjury, misleading a police officer/investigator/federal agent/grand jury.

John Sullivan is alleged to have misled the FBI during the course of the investigation and Diaz provided authorities with misleading statements in an internal investigation interview.

Nguyen, Lewis, Bortolussi, Gentry-Mitchell, D’Amour, Wajdula, Perez, Rodriguez, and Joseph Sullivan all allegedly committed perjury by lying when testifying in front of a grand jury, and many also misled authorities and/or filed false police reports during the investigation.

All defendants will be arraigned in Hampden and/or Worcester Superior Courts at later dates.

FOX25

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