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Image capture 2022 from Google Maps. The Town of Medfield's Parks and Recreation Department is housed in the pictured building.
10-05-2023 3:12pm
AG Indicts Former Medfield Public Official for Stealing and Corruption
Darlene Cancell
Editor
The Massachusetts Office of Attorney General in Boston announced today that former Medfield Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Ryder, age 49, has been indicted on charges of larceny, accepting illegal gratuities, and use of an official position to secure unwarranted privilege.
The Town of Medfield cooperated with the office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. The office investigated Mr. Ryder after the town complained that, over a period of years, Mr. Ryder appeared to have failed to turn over cash collected by his department.
The Attorney General's investigation found evidence that Mr. Ryder stole over $100,000 from the Town of Medfield, much of which was cash from entrance fees and concessions at the town's Hinkley Swim Pond. Additionally, other evidence appeared to show that Mr. Ryder used the town's Amazon account for thousands of dollars worth of personal purchases that he resold on eBay, kept proceeds from selling town equipment for himself, and received a 50 percent "kickback" of $16,000 from a local gym which hosted a town-sponsored exercise program funded by Mr. Ryder's department.
Mr. Ryder was employed with the Town of Medfield from 2014 until August 2022.
