MA- Police supply store bankrupt

10-24-2008 Massachusetts:

Conviction of owner kills business

A former Dorchester police supply store that lost contracts because its owner was a convicted sex offender has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Boston Uniform Depot, located on Neponset Avenue, listed $500,000-plus in debt, which is mostly owed to police gear suppliers and banks.

Almost all of the company’s $52,300 in assets is its inventory of police uniforms and holsters and batons, according to court documents.

Owner David P. Shock was convicted in May 2007 of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 in Dedham District Court. He was sentenced to 14 days in the House of Correction and ordered to register as a sex offender, according to court records.

Eight days after his conviction, the Boston Police Department pulled Shock’s fireams license and seized the store’s weapons. It also decided against renewing contracts with Boston Uniform Depot, and other police departments followed suit.

Shock, then 36, was found guilty of molesting a 16-year-old high school student after getting into a minor traffic accident with her in 2005 and allegedly trying to extort money from the girl. The victim told police that Shock claimed to be a Boston cop and ordered her to hand over her purse, identification and credit cards, according to court records.

When the teenager later met Shock at a Dunkin’ Donuts to pay him for his car damages, he put his hands down her pants and grabbed her breasts, the records said.

Neither Shock nor his attorney could be reached for comment. ..News Source.. by Donna Goodison