Acting Chief of Police Jon Wentworth.
Lt. Jon Wentworth, a 27-year veteran of the Lincoln Police Department, was named acting chief of police during a closed-door meeting of the Select Board on May 12. The action was taken after Chief of Police Sean Kennedy was arrested on May 10 on domestic violence charges.
Wentworth was promoted to lieutenant from sergeant three months ago. Before serving as a sergeant for 10 years, he was a detective for 11 years and a patrol/juvenile officer for five years, according to his LinkedIn page.
A call to Martin F. Kane II, Kennedy’s attorney, was not returned.
This is not the first time in recent years that a Lincoln Police Department officer has been arrested. Dispatcher Spencer Hughes was arrested in October 2020 on charges of possessing child pornography and resigned a week later while the town was in the process of moving forward with a termination hearing.
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