Former Middlesex Prosecutor Accused of Trading Info for Drugs

A former Middlesex County assistant district attorney has been indicted after allegedly supplying his drug dealer with confidential information in exchange for prescription pills, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.

Stephen M. Gilpatric, 35, of Somerville, allegedly gave his drug dealer personal information about another man, including his probation record, police report, photograph and other identifying information, in October 2011 and in return received oxycodone pills.

Gilpatric also provided the dealer and the dealer’s brother with a confidential drug ring organizational chart and criminal record in hopes of receiving more pills, according to authorities.

In addition, he is accused of taking $1,500 in August 2011 from a mother who wanted her son’s commercial driver’s license reinstated after it had been revoked in a criminal case.

Gilpatric was indicted by a Statewide Grand Jury on the following charges: unlawful gratuity, unlawfully communicating criminal offender record information and receiving unlawful compensation. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.

Gilpatric served as a Middlesex County assistant district attorney for seven years, until this past October when the Attorney General’s Office began its investigation into his conduct. He most recently worked on public corruption, white-collar crime and major narcotics cases.

The Attorney General’s Office said it has received the “full cooperation” of the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office throughout the investigation. At this time, no evidence suggests that Gilpatric provided information related to any cases he was personally investigating or prosecuting, according to the office.

Gilpatric allegedly spent hundreds of dollars a week to fuel his drug addiction.