William T Farwell and his Twin Brother Matthew Gregory Farwell  was born in October 1985 to Eleanor Farwell and William L Farwell Sr in Norwood, Massachusetts.

September 1998 Matthew and William Farwell joined Police Explorers Program, they were 12 years old. Farwell brothers were known to have disciplinary issues while attending school.

In 2003 Robert Devine brought in former Explorers Matthew Farwell and his twin brother, William, as guest instructors. Later that year William Farwell was designated a the rank of Lieutenant within Explorer Program.

William Farwell impersonated a police officer after having completed the Stoughton Explorers Program by activating strobe lights in his personal vehicle and pulling another vehicle over. He was caught by passing by Officer Faria who observed him out of his car to confront the civilian that he had unlawfully stopped and detained. 

2008 William Farwell attended a Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD)

Billy has volunteered with the Stoughton Police Explorers program with which he grew up. He has assisted Stoughton Police Executive Officer Robert Devine with the running of the annual academy, bringing in Army EOD equipment so the kids could try on a bomb suit or drive one of the robots.

September 6, 2011 William Farwell applied to PD but was bypassed for employment.

Dec. 9, 2011 William aka Billy served full time with the Massachusetts National Guard and was deployed overseas to Kosovo. He was a U.S. Army Explosive Ordinance Team Leader.

2012 William Farwell served full time and was deployed overseas.

July 20, 2016 William Farwell was at training at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Wednesday.

William Farwell had been discharged from the military for misconduct. 

September, 2017 William Farwell received an offer of employment for the position of Patrol Officer. He Also received an appointment to the Massachusetts State Police and attended MSP recruit Academy.

Prior to becoming a police officer Matthew Farwell and William Farwell allegedly impersonated police officers and pulled over cars as teenagers, exercising an abuse of the trust of authority that accompanies the role of police officers, although Devine has previously denied any such knowledge of that behavior as per the PD investigation report.

However, such a lack of knowledge, as described by the same report, would be impossible as Devine was the head of the Program, was familiar with both M. Farwell and W. Farwell, and sat on the hiring board for both Brothers.

September 6, 2011 William Farwell applied to PD but was bypassed for employment.

Dec. 9, 2011 William aka Billy served full time with the Massachusetts National Guard and was deployed overseas to Kosovo.

He was a U.S. Army Explosive Ordinance Team Leader.

Sgt. William Farwell of the 387th Explosive Ordnance Detachment, Massachusetts National Guard assembles the Medium Directional Energy Tool, which is part of a suite of improvised explosive device countermeasure technology and equipment that provides EOD technicians the ability to access, disrupt, and neutralize large IEDs, most commonly seen as a car or truck bomb and can also include boats, aircraft, large shipping containers, on display here May 18, 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Michelle Marie Faucher, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center, Massachusetts National Guard)

Massachusetts Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Farwell, an operations non-commissioned officer assigned to the 387th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. based at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Mass., explains the capabilities of the units Medium Mine Protected Vehicle commonly known as Panther to Massachusetts Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, the Mass. National Guard Adjutant General during training at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

William Farwell had been discharged from the military for misconduct. 

Billy Farwell during the annual Shop with a Cop at Target Dec. 12 2018

The state’s law enforcement oversight agency is set to consider a request on Thursday September 19, 2024 to settle disciplinary proceedings against a former Stoughton police officer, William T. Farwell, whose twin brother was indicted last month for the 2021 strangulation of Sandra Birchmore.

Last year, the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST) initiated proceedings to revoke Farwell’s certification as a police officer in Massachusetts and add his name to a national registry of decertified officers. According to the meeting agenda, the agency’s Division of Standards is expected to recommend that commissioners approve a “voluntary decertification or suspension agreement” with Farwell and three other officers.

DECERTIFICATION ORDER The Respondent William Farwell has entered into a Voluntary Decertification Agreement (“Agreement”) under which he has agreed to the permanent revocation of his certification (also known as decertification) as a law enforoement officer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, beginning on the date of approval of the Agreement by the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (“Commission”, and the entry of his decertification in the National Decertification Index (“NDI”). See M.G.L. c. 6E, §§ 3(a), 10(b)(iii), and 10(g): M.G.L. c. 30A, §§ 10 and 13. As further conditions of the Agreement, the Respondent has waived all rights to contest, in this or any other administrative or judicial proceeding to which the Commission is or may be a party, the factual allegations, conclusions of law, terms and conditions, and other provisions contained in the Agreement.