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Police do about-face on ticket flap

Abruptly halt appeal on citing father-to-be

Jennifer and John Davis in December with Charlotte, born 5 hours after they got ticketed. The case is now dismissed. Jennifer and John Davis in December with Charlotte, born 5 hours after they got ticketed. The case is now dismissed. (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff/file)
By Stephanie Ebbert
Globe Staff / February 13, 2009

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A Massachusetts state trooper gained unwelcome fame late last year for making a woman who was in labor wait to get to the hospital while he cited her husband for driving in the breakdown lane. The story, first reported in The Boston Globe, ricocheted around the country and sparked outrage. MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann dubbed State Trooper Michael Galluccio his ... (Full article: 752 words)

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