Charges Dropped Against Former Belmont Firefighter in Harassment Case
Verdict for Laurent Roy as judge dismissed case on Nov. 15, as former Belmont fire captain blasts pressure that saw the former department lieutenant resign his position.
A Cambridge District Court judge dismissed charges against a former Belmont firefighter who was arrested two years ago this month for criminal harassment and violating two restraining orders against a female employee of the Armstrong ambulance company. The verdict handed down on Thursday, Nov. 15 in favor of Laurent Roy, 50, of Homer Road, Arlington, said that significant evidence surfaced to impeach the woman's credibility. "The court will only proceed with cases which they believe are valid, that just wasn't the case here. The needle was pointing more and more towards the accuser of being the aggressor," said a family attorney. A firefighter in Belmont beginning in 1996 and promoted to lieutenant in 2005, Roy resigned from the …
