"The general counsel said the investigation substantiated neither that the incident occurred nor did not occur. "

Let me repeat that gem for you:

"The general counsel said the investigation substantiated neither that the incident occurred nor did not occur."

That's the sort of sentence I thought only Douglas Adams could write.   Apparently T&G reporter Lee Hammel and General Counsel of the Worcester County Jail Jeffrey Turco are big Douglas Adams fans also.

 "Noting that the sheriff’s department is a law enforcement agency, Mr. Turco said the jail has not referred the incident to any other law enforcement agency.   “The matter is closed from our perspective,” he said. Worcester police are not investigating the incident, Worcester Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said."

That sentence makes the argument for a Civilian Review Board of not only the WPD but the Sheriff's Department.  The alleged-possibly-non-occurring incident occurred off of jail property and in public.  If that had been anyone else in the City, charges would have been filed.  But apparently everyone in local law enforcement wants the episode swept under the rug, and the T&G obliged by running the follow up to the original story in its Saturday print edition with a few short paragraphs and apparently zero tough questions asked.