A former Massachusetts State Police sergeant was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday for masterminding a scheme to rig commercial driver’s license tests in exchange for bribes that ranged from snacks and water bottles to a new driveway.

Gary Cederquist, 60, of Stoughton, was one of four troopers charged in the State Police CDL scandal in January 2024. The only defendant to go to trial, he was convicted of dozens of federal charges earlier this year.

Cederquist took bribes, extorted people, falsified records, and “jeopardized the safety of everyone on the roads and highways of Massachusetts (and beyond),” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.

“Put simply, Cederquist is the very embodiment of public corruption,” they added.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Ce

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