The superintendent of the Suffield Water Pollution Control Authority has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested in Massachusetts, accused in a domestic violence incident.
Suffield police said staff from the Ludlow, Massachusetts Police Department contacted them at 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, April 19 for help to find 39-year-old Shane McCannon, of Munson, Massachusetts who is employed as the superintendent of the Suffield Water Pollution Control Authority.
Authorities said police in Ludlow were in the process of obtaining an arrest warrant for McCannon in connection with a domestic disturbance earlier in the morning and Suffield Police set up surveillance in the area of the Water Pollution Control Authority, where McCannon was seen leaving in his vehicle around 11:22 a.m.
Suffield police “maintained mobile surveillance” of McCannon until he got to Massachusetts and Springfield, Massachusetts Police stopped him on Sumner Avenue in Springfield, police said.
According to Suffield police, the arrest warrant for McCannon is for charges including strangulation/suffocation, assault and battery on a family/household member and larceny of less than $250. McCannon was arraigned on Friday, April 20.
During an emergency meeting of the Board of Selectmen and WPCA Thursday night, McCannon was placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, pending further investigation.
