A former employee of the Stoughton Water Department was sentenced in federal court for tampering with the town’s drinking water supply. Robert J. Bullock, Sr., 60, from Brockton, received a sentence of time served, approximately one day, followed by three years of supervised release. The government had recommended a prison term of one year and one day.
In March 2025, Bullock pleaded guilty to tampering with a water system after being indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2024. The incident occurred on November 29, 2022, when Bullock turned off the pump that adds chlorine to the drinking water at one of the department’s pumping stations. This action led to insufficiently disinfected water entering the system.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division; and Kathryn Rivera, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division in Boston. The Massachusetts State Police and local police departments from Stoughton and Brockton provided valuable assistance in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Tolkoff prosecuted the case.
