ANDOVER — A subpoena served at the North Andover Water Treatment Plant last week by Andover police was not intended for water operator Shawn Rock, even though the police log said it was handed to him.
The subpoena was addressed to the "keeper of records" at the plant, according to North Andover Assistant Town Manager Ray Santilli. A "keeper of records" is anyone who can access the records, he said.
"It wasn't intended for anyone specifically in North Andover," Santilli said.
Santilli said Rock was the person on duty and accepted the subpoena when Andover Detective Michael Lane dropped it off around 9 a.m. last Wednesday. It was written in Andover's police log that the subpoena was "served in hand to employee Shawn Rock" but it did not say it was addressed to the records keeper.
The subpoena is one of two served last Wednesday by Andover police. The other was served in hand to Cynthia Vaughn, who previously worked as a water compliance specialist in Andover, at her West Newbury home.
Lt. James Hashem said the subpoenas involve "an ongoing district attorney investigation" and declined to comment further. When asked specifically about Rock, Hashem referred all questions to the district attorney's office. A spokesman for the district attorney's office declined comment.
The subpoenas come after Andover's police Chief Brian Pattullo announced in September that the district attorney's office is preparing evidence to present to a grand jury as the result of an investigation into allegations of criminal misconduct involving two former employees at the Lowell Street water treatment plant.
An internal investigation into "an employee or employees" at the water treatment plant was originally launched by Andover Town Manager Reginald "Buzz" Stapczynski "as a result of a report of alleged improprieties," according to a prepared statement issued by the town in June. Stapczynski at the time would not say when the investigation was launched or how it came to his attention.
Stapczynski previously said the investigation had to do with "violations of the town's anti-fraud policy," but declined to provide further details. The investigation was turned over to the Police Department after Stapczynski determined there might be credibility to the allegations. Pattullo said the investigation was launched in April.
Santilli would not comment specifically on the subpoena but said North Andover will produce whatever records are requested under it.
A subpoena is a court order requiring that documents or other evidence be submitted or that an individual testify.
