MILFORD — On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at approximately 9:33 PM, the Milford Police Department began receiving multiple phone calls from a "ghost" phone number. The unidentified male caller made racially charged statements directed at minority residents of Milford, as well as comments targeting the ethnicity of Milford Police Department officers.

At 9:47 PM the same evening, the department’s official Instagram account received a series of direct messages from an account indicating they had called the department and made additional threats toward minority groups and sexually aggressive comments toward two female officers.

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, the Milford Police Detective Bureau launched an investigation into the incident. With the assistance of the Medway Police Department Detective Unit, investigators identified Lawrence Trust, 46, of Medway, MA, as the individual responsible for the Instagram messages.

On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at approximately 10:30 AM, members of the Milford Police Detective Bureau and Special Operations Unit, with assistance from Medway Police, arrested Trust at his Medway residence on a warrant for threats to commit a crime.

Regarding the arrest, Milford Police Chief Robert Tusino stated:
“This kind of lewd and bigoted behavior will not be tolerated toward the citizens and officers I serve. There is zero tolerance in Milford for threats against a person based on their race, ethnicity, creed, or sex.”

Trust was transported to the Milford Police Department for booking and subsequently arraigned in Milford District Court on the following charges:

Threat to Commit a Crime (2 counts)