Michael Proctor

The Massachusetts State Police and the Canton Police Department made the disciplinary announcements Monday.

Massachusetts State Police Det. Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, a supervisor of Trooper Michael Proctor, will forfeit time off, as the Canton Police Department announces the three-day suspension of Det. Kevin Albert.

Police in Canton, Massachusetts, said Monday that Det. Kevin Albert, who was previously suspended with pay as part of the fallout of the Karen Read trial, will face a three-day suspension without pay. Albert was under investigation for his alleged actions in a night of drinking with Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor in 2022. The allegations came to light…

The town of Canton, Massachusetts, has decided on formal discipline for Det. Kevin Albert, who was suspended with pay as part of the fallout of the Karen Read trial, but what that discipline is hasn’t been made public.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, whose testimony in the Karen Read trial drew heavy criticism, will not testify against Brian Walshe, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office says.

Embattled Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who became the subject of controversy for his role in the Karen Read murder trial, will not testify in the case of Brian Walshe, a Cohasset man accused of killing his wife and then hiding her dismembered body in 2023, according to a recent court filing. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office stated in a filing Friday that, at...

Releasing the full work phone records of embattled Massachusetts State Police Michael Proctor, who became a subject of controversy for his role in the Karen Read murder trial, could jeopardize other cases, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said in a filing. The question of whether to release those records has now become part of the ongoing Read case,...

The list of murder cases around the Boston area that could rely on the testimony of an embattled Massachusetts State Police trooper continues to grow. And that poses a big question: Will Michael Proctor’s damaged credibility prevent prosecutors from proving their cases to a jury? On Thursday, the NBC10 Investigators obtained a letter that the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office...

The NBC10 Boston Investigators are tracking the fallout of Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor’s damaging testimony in the Karen Read trial.

The fallout from Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor’s testimony in the Karen Read trial is continuing to grow. Proctor is suspended without pay amid an internal investigation, and the situation is affecting other cases involving him. New documents obtained exclusively by NBC10 Boston show the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted Read, sent a Brady letter earlier...

The trooper’s damning testimony in the trial against Karen Read left him suspended by the Massachusetts State Police and could have a ripple effect in other investigations.

The union that represents members of the Massachusetts State Police defended Trooper Michael Proctor a day after his suspension without pay. Proctor, the lead investigator in the Karen Read case, was roundly criticized after his testimony at her murder trial. The high-profile proceedings brought to light a series of text messages he sent about Read as he investigated the 2022…

Legal experts are continuing to weigh in after Karen Read’s defense sought the dismissal of two charges based on the jury deliberations leading up to the mistrial declaration.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the Karen Read murder case, was suspended without pay after a duty status hearing Monday. He had already been relieved of duty and had his police-issued cruiser, gun and gear taken away, but was still collecting a paycheck pending the hearing. Proctor had publicly admitted to making “unprofessional and regrettable” comments about Read during the...

The lead investigator in the case against Karen Read has been suspended amid an internal investigation.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the Karen Read murder case, has been suspended without pay after a duty status hearing Monday. Interim Police Superintendent Col. John Mawn accepted the recommendation from the duty status hearing board, a body of three commissioned officers who heard evidence in the matter, according to a police representative. Proctor had…

We’re looking back at what jurors heard through a trial that lasted more than two months and ended with a mistrial as prosecutors vow to retry their case against Karen Read.

Days after relieving him of his duties, the Massachusetts State Police will determine whether the lead detective in the murder case against Karen Read will face further penalties during an ongoing investigation into his behavior. Just hours after the trial against Read ended with a hung jury, state police said Trooper Michael Proctor had been transferred from the Norfolk County…

Would Judge Beverly Cannone preside over a retrial in the Karen Read case? What might be different next time around for the prosecution and the defense? We look back at the proceedings that ended this week with a hung jury.

Within hours of a mistrial being declared in the Karen Read murder trial, Massachusetts State Police announced that Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the case, had been relieved of duty and reassigned from his role as an investigator with the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. That’s just the start of a process that is expected to result in...