Its witnesses included Meehan’s father, who answered “yes” when asked whether his son had “a reputation for untruthfulness.”

The state called five witnesses, including Meehan’s father, who answered “yes” when asked whether his son had “a reputation for untruthfulness.”

Even so, he said, dismissal of the case was not the appropriate remedy to “adequately dissipate the financial cloud of impropriety and potential untruthfulness found here.”

According to the documents, Arlington hired Knight from a police department in Wilmington, Delaware, where he had been disciplined for untruthfulness.

There are often clues about the untruthfulness of an account.