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Mass. State Police have faced years of scandals. Can it win back the public’s trust?
Can the police police themselves? The first outsider to lead the Massachusetts State Police is promising reform.
Defense attorneys inch closer to access to Karen Read investigator’s phone records
Defense attorneys in cases investigated by fired Massachusetts State Police investigator Michael Proctor are inching closer ...
Brian Walshe wants evidence dismissed ahead of his upcoming murder trial
Brian Walshe, 48, was arrested on Jan. 18, 2023, and was indicted by a grand jury on charges including murder, misleading a ...
Karen Read prosecutor, ex-trooper called to testify in another murder case. Here’s why.
Defense attorney Rosemary Scapicchio alleged Michael Proctor “thinks he’s above the law” after the ex-trooper skipped a ...
Beyond the Karen Read Verdict: DA Michael Morrissey and the Scandal Still Haunting Massachusetts
Karen Read case insiders speak on the DA who unsuccessfully tried her, the federal investigation, and the other death scandal ...
Michael Proctor criticized by defense attorney after skipping court hearing
Attorneys for defendants linked to cases Proctor worked on are trying to stop the destruction of his cellphone records.
Ex-Trooper Proctor no-show at Milton murder hearing: ‘Apparently he thinks he’s above the law’
Former State Police investigator Michael Proctor defied a subpoena to testify at a 2021 Milton murder hearing in Norfolk Superior Court on Monday morning, during which the former Karen ...
Ex-trooper Proctor skips hearing, drawing new criticism from defense attorneys
Former Trooper Michael Proctor, who lost his job following Karen Read's first trial, was absent from a hearing held Monday in another murder case.
Karen Read prosecutor takes the witness stand as lawyers push to dismiss separate murder case
A lawyer for a man accused of a 2021 murder is accusing the Norfolk district attorney's office of not turning over key ...