BOSTON (WHDH) – Massachusetts is working to recover money paid to a former aide of Governor Maura Healey who was arrested on drug trafficking charges in October, 2025.
Lamar Cook was paid $31,000 after he was fired; the Healey administration said it was sent to him for unused time off from his time as a state employee. State Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed a lawsuit to get that money back.
“That is ridiculous,” Healey said. “We are going to get that back.”
Cook, 45, of Springfield, was arrested in October and is accused of trafficking cocaine. Prosecutors said he was involved in shipments of the drug to Hotel UMass in Amherst and a state office building where he worked in Springfield.
Cook is charged with trafficking 200 grams or more of cocaine, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
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