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Judge's daughter admits to operating motor vehicle under influence of drugs

The judge's daughter whose arrest led to a Massachusetts State Police shake-up has admitted to drugged driving.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has confirmed Alli Bibaud, 31, of Worcester, admitted to sufficient facts on the remaining pending charge against her, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs, in Framingham District Court Tuesday. She was given a continuation without a finding to January 16, 2019.

Judge James Sullivan ordered Bibaud to not operate a motor vehicle, to consume no alcohol or drugs and be subject to random screens, to successfully complete a court approved inpatient treatment program and enter a sober living facility upon release from the inpatient program and to follow up with recommendations of the Probation Department.

The charge relates to a traffic stop in May, not the crash in October that sparked the scandal.

In January, Bibaud admitted to sufficient facts for a guilty finding on drug charges and was sentenced to six months of probation in connection with her arrest in October.

Four state police leaders, including Colonel Richard McKeon and Deputy Superintendent Francis Hughes, retired over the scandal.

McKeon was accused of ordering two troopers to scrub embarrassing information from a police report to protect Bibaud and her father, Dudley District Court Judge Timothy Bibaud.

The two troopers, Ali Rei and Ryan Sceviour, have since filed lawsuits saying their supervisors forced them to alter and destroy reports involving Bibaud's arrest.

Last week, U.S. District Court show federal Judge George O'Toole ruled the claims made by the two troopers don't meet the standards for a federal claim.

The two troopers have lawsuits filed in Suffolk Superior Court making the same allegations. The civil suit demands a public apology from the defendants, unspecified compensation and that discipline against the troopers be expunged. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early, the Massachusetts State Police, Lt. Col. Francis Hughes and Lt. Daniel Risteen are named as defendants.

Early said he did not force anyone to scrub the reports.

Reports released by Attorney General Maura Healey in April concluded no criminal charges would be sought, but the matter was sent to the State Ethics Commission.

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Bibaud was arrested in October 2017 after crashing her car on I-190 in Worcester. Sceviour was the arresting trooper. Rei was the drug recognition expert called to the scene.

Bibaud was accused of drunken and drugged driving. She allegedly offered sexual favors to Sceviour and mentioned her father was a judge. Bibaud also admitted to having sex for drugs.

Those are the comments that were ordered scrubbed by the Massachusetts State Police supervisors.

Bibaud pleaded guilty in November to drunk driving in connection with the case.