A former employee of the Stoughton Water Department was sentenced in federal court in Boston 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 sentence of one year and one day in prison.
Bullock pleaded guilty in March 2025 to tampering with a water system, following his indictment by a federal grand jury in March 2024. The incident occurred on November 29, 2022, when Bullock turned off the pump that introduces chlorine into 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. Assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police and both Stoughton and Brockton Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Tolkoff prosecuted the case.
