Crime Former Mass. police officer decertified over role in deadly Charlottesville rally In October, Woburn Police Department launched an internal investigation into John Donnelly's alleged involvement in the "Unite the Right" rally. A former Woburn police officer, who authorities say helped organize a deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been decertified by the Massachusetts commission that oversees law enforcement standards. John Donnelly was put on paid administrative leave on Oct. 13, as the Woburn Police Department launched an internal investigation into allegations that he planned and participated in an August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally — a...