Thomas Petrolati

Thomas M. "Tommy" Petrolati (born March 16, 1957, in Springfield, Massachusetts ) is an American politician who represented the 7th Hampden district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a member of the Ludlow, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen from 1984 to 1986.

Early life Petrolati, the son of a paint and wallpaper store owner, grew up in Ludlow, Massachusetts.

According to Gagne, Petrolati sent her flowers with notes and called her constantly over a period of about six weeks in 1996. She said the conversations were "sexual" in nature and that he tried to persuade her to meet him in Boston.

Ticket brokers An investigation by the State Attorney General's office found that Petrolati was the main person that Richard Vitale, House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi's accountant, relied on during his illegal campaign to lobby for legislation benefiting ticket brokers. Petrolati was never charged in the case.

In 2010, a report by the Boston Globe revealed that more than 100 Probation Department employees had made political contributions to Petrolati, including 19 of the 25 employees who run probation offices between Worcester and the New York border.