emanuel gomes

The case centers around a serious highway wreck in May 2021 that then-Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes caused in his department vehicle, according to the crash report.

A Massachusetts clerk magistrate has allowed a case against former Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes to move forward over a three-vehicle crash Gomes was involved in last year.

A clerk magistrate hearing tied to a police chief’s three-vehicle crash will be opened to the public, following a successful legal argument by the NBC10 Investigators.

Community activists are reacting to an incident uncovered by the NBC10 Boston Investigators, which detailed a serious three-vehicle wreck on the highway caused by former Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes in his taxpayer-funded vehicle. Massachusetts State Police did not cite Gomes for the crash and it flew under the radar for almost a year. “When I saw your story, my…