The longtime spokesman for the embattled Norfolk DA has resigned because the workplace faces blistering scrutiny on a number of fronts — together with from federal investigators.
David Traub instructed the Herald his final day was Friday after greater than 25 years on the job.
“It was just time to go,” Traub mentioned, including he leaves DA Michael Morrissey’s aspect “parting as friends.”
He didn’t remark concerning the Karen Learn homicide case, the Sandra Birchmore homicide case, the $200,00 Canton police audit, the dysfunctional Massachusetts State Cops assigned to the DA’s workplace and the prosecution of blogger Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney.
The MSP mess has resulted in a number of probes and the elimination of Det. Lt. Brian Tully as head of the Norfolk DA’s detective bureau. The U.S. Lawyer’s workplace has not commented on every other instances in Norfolk County, besides the Birchmore homicide the place federal prosecutors accuse an ex-Stoughton cop of the slaying of the pregnant girl.
An observer instructed the Herald a spokesman leaving isn’t good for Morrissey’s reelection probabilities, the place he’s already dealing with stiff competitors with the election greater than a yr away.
A former Suffolk County prosecutor working for Norfolk DA has already raised $20,000 in marketing campaign money.
Djuna Perkins, who has expertise working home violence instances and as a former assistant lawyer normal, is one among two Democrats who’ve up to now declared their intention to run for the elected countywide put up. Craig MacLellan, one other former prosecutor in Suffolk County, threw his hat into the race final month.
Voters must wait till the 2026 election to select the following Norfolk County district lawyer.
David Linton, a reporter for the Attleboro Solar Chronicle, is predicted to switch Traub within the DA’s sizzling seat. Reached by cellphone Friday evening, Linton mentioned he couldn’t “confirm or deny” that he’s subsequent up in Norfolk.
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