NECIR takes a five-year look back at public servants charged with crimes and ethics violations

"In the past five years, Massachusetts residents have been forced to witness an embarrassing parade of fallen public servants caught up in corrupt acts, handcuffed and led away."

However, according to a new analysis by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting "an overwhelming majority of public servants embroiled in criminal or ethical scandals since 2007 are people most in Massachusetts have never heard of. "