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Embattled Methuen police chief Joseph Solomon was placed on administrative leave Wednesday, a city councilor said, after the state Inspector General released a scathing report concluding that he and other officials engaged in widespread potential misconduct by drafting contracts that would pay him and senior officers exorbitant salaries.

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