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From the Baysider:

November 30, 2006
ALTON — After a Nov. 27 selectmen's meeting was canceled at short notice, it appears there is truth to rumors that Police Chief Kevin Iwans, Captain Charles Anderson, and Lieutenant Ed Correia have all been suspended from the department with pay, while the town administrator and Town Attorney James Sessler conduct an investigation.

A statement released by Sessler indicates that the investigation was triggered by whistle-blowers within the police department.

When contacted, Selectmen Chair Cris Blackstone couldn't comment, and referred any questions to Sessler, who read the following prepared statement:

"As a result of an ongoing preliminary investigation conducted by the town attorney and town administrator begun in September of this year that was instituted only after receipt of information from more than one police department personnel, the board of selectmen last night [Nov. 27] voted to take such steps as are necessary to ensure the unrestricted completion of the investigation."