Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, died on Sept. 13, 2024, following a boxing match at the State Police Academy in New Braintree, a town about 68 miles west of Boston. Garcia went unresponsive during the match, which had previously been halted due to injury concerns, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported.
A supervisor and three instructors with the Massachusetts State Police Academy have since been indicted in connection with the man’s death. On Feb. 9, authorities confirmed that Delgado-Garcia, a recruit, died following a defensive tactics training exercise.
Attorney David Meier has been appointed by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell to conduct an independent investigation into the incident. Following Delgado-Garcia’s death, state police suspended full-contact boxing training activities for new recruits.
So one of those charged in the death of Trooper Enrique Delgado Garcia was also on Boston’s Finest with Brian Albert (Sgt Jennifer Penton) and also the partner of Pat Roger’s. (John O’Keefes partner who is also now deceased allegedly by “unaliving” himself) .
Another one… pic.twitter.com/Eto4xzcq7s
— Boston Brandi (@BostonBrandi100) February 9, 2026
Following a nine-month grand jury investigation, attorney Meier confirmed that the evidence revealed fault on the part of State Police Academy members. They allegedly committed a “series of wanton and reckless acts” during defensive tactics and physical confrontation training exercises.
In connection with Delgado-Garcia’s death, Sgt. Jennifer Penton, the head of the academy’s defensive tactics program, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and causing serious injury to a person participating in physical training. Meier said three troopers under her command — Edwin Rodriguez, David Montanez, and Casey LaMonte — are also facing the same charges.
In addition to those charges, Penton has also been charged with perjury for allegedly providing false testimony to a special statewide grand jury. During a press conference on Monday, Feb. 9, Meier said, “Each of these individuals owed a duty of care to Enrique Delgado-Garcia and to his fellow trainees.”
“Each of them interacted with Mr. Delgado-Garcia and his fellow trainees on a daily basis, and each of them committed a series of wanton and reckless acts and omissions that resulted in Enrique Delgado-Garcia’s death,” he added.
BREAKING:
Rough day for MSP Sgt. Jennifer Penton.
AG Andrea Campbell just announced she’s being charged with involuntary manslaughter and lying to a state grand jury in the death of MSP cadet Enrique Delgado-Garcia. https://t.co/o5Y80FhQVm
Turns out in 2023, a few months… pic.twitter.com/l9KiNTP2ZN
— Howie Carr (@HowieCarrShow) February 9, 2026
In a statement, Meier added that “wanton and reckless conduct resulted in Enrique Delgado Garcia suffering concussion-like symptoms as the result of unauthorized, unapproved, and unsupervised boxing-related sparring exercises that occurred during Academy training activities on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.”
After being injured during the training match, Delgado-Garcia was rushed to a hospital in Worcester. According to Meier, he sustained multiple blunt force injuries to the head and had a “massive brain bleeding.”
He blamed the State Police Academy for failing to stop the match, which resulted in the recruit’s death. As per Meier, Delgado-Garcia, due to the “head injuries sustained during the recruit-on-recruit boxing match.”
