State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley had his license suspended before being indicted or arraigned on a motor vehicle homicide charge in connection to a 2023 fatal cruiser crash.
According to the state Registry of Motor Vehicles, the agency immediately issues preliminary suspensions when they are notified that drivers are involved in fatal crashes.
When Quigley was charged with motor vehicle homicide last month, the state statute dictates that the preliminary suspension be removed from his record and replaced with an “Immediate Threat Suspension.”
If he is convicted, Quigley’s license could be suspended for 15 years, per the RMV guidelines.
The Department of Transportation could not confirm Quigley’s license status because they are prohibited from doing so per a 2023 state law, but his lawyer Christina Pujals Ronan told the Herald that it had been suspended prior to his indictment.
Quigley, who is now suspended from the MSP without pay, was initially issued a marked lanes violation after crashing his cruiser into a wheelchair van over two years ago.
One of the occupants of the van, Special Olympian Angelo Schettino, was injured in the crash and died in the hospital a month later.
Quigley, who was also injured in the crash, spent eight months on injury pay before returning to work.
The accusations that he was intoxicated at the time of the incident only became public after a wrongful death suit was filed by Schettino’s mother in January 2021. Pujals Ronan told the press at her client’s Wednesday arraignment that he only found out about Schettino’s death from the family’s civil complaint while also maintaining that Quigley is innocent.
“He is not guilty of any crime, and we expect … that the truth will come out at trial,” Ronan said.
Quigley pleaded not guilty and was released on personal recognizance.
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