Services Scheduled For State Police Detective Gregory Furtado

PLYMOUTH, MA — Colleagues and members of the general public will have a chance to pay their respects to a recently deceased state police detective this week.

The State Police Association of Massachusetts have announced dates for services of Sgt. Gregory Furtado, who died suddenly over the weekend. He was 41.

Services are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Plymouth. A wake is scheduled for Wednesday at Cartmell-Davis Funeral Home, 373 Court St, at 1:45 p.m. A funeral mass will take place Thursday at Saint Peter’s Church, 86 Court St., at 9 a.m.

Furtado most recently served as Massachusetts State Police detective assigned to the Cape and Island's District Attorney's Office detective unit.

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"He spent his career in service to, and in protection of, the citizens of our Commonwealth," officials said in a statement.

"We are heartbroken for Sergeant Furtado's wife and children; they are in our prayers. Our thoughts, also, are with Sergeant Furtado's brother and sister Troopers. May the memories of him, and of his life of service, sustain all who loved and knew him in the difficult days and weeks to come."

Furtado graduated from the State Police Academy in 2006 and, prior to that graduation, worked as a police officer in Nantucket.

"We mourn his sudden loss and extend our deepest heartfelt condolences to the entire Furtado family as well as the Massachusetts State Police," the Nantucket Police Department said in a statement