Disgraced Mass State Police trooper Michael Proctor remains to be on the Norfolk DA’s potential witness record for the Karen Learn retrial, together with 85 different names.
Learn, 45, of Mansfield, is accused of putting Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend of two years, along with her automotive and leaving him to freeze and die on a Canton entrance garden on Jan. 29, 2022.
She was indicted on three prices: second-degree homicide, manslaughter whereas working a motorcar underneath the affect and leaving the scene of an accident leading to loss of life. She was tried on these prices final yr, however the case led to mistrial due to a hung jury.
The primary trial featured Proctor’s bombshell testimony, throughout which he was grilled about his offensive texts about Learn.
Proctor — who in texts referred to as Learn a “whack job” and a “babe,” and texted “No nudes so far” to colleagues whereas looking her cellphone, and wrote “Hopefully she kills herself” — was suspended following the primary Learn trial final yr. Proctor may face everlasting self-discipline.
His identify nonetheless seems on the Norfolk DA’s potential witness record, which was launched this week. Lots of the names on the record are the identical as for the primary trial.
The opposite Mass State Police reps on the record — who turned family names throughout the first Learn trial — embody: Lt. Brian Tully, Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik, Sgt. Zachary Clark, and Troopers Joseph Paul, Nicholas Guarino, Kevin O’Hara, and Evan Brent.
The Canton Police names on the record embody: Chief Helena Rafferty, Sgt. Sean Goode, Lt. Michael Lank, and retired Lt. Paul Gallagher.
There are seven Alberts on the record: Brian, Brian Jr., Caitlin, Chris, Colin, Julie and Nicole.
Different family names which are on the record embody: Brian Higgins, Jennifer McCabe, Kerry Roberts, Paul O’Keefe, William Learn, Gretchen Voss, and Aidan Kearney often known as “Turtleboy.”
“The Commonwealth moves to be partially exempt from Mass. R. Crim. P. 14… that requires the Commonwealth to produce: ‘The names, addresses, dates of birth, and known contact information of the Commonwealth’s prospective witnesses other than law enforcement witnesses,’ ” the Norfolk DA’s workplace wrote. “The Commonwealth asserts that given the ongoing harassment of witnesses, threats to witnesses’ personal safety, and the highly publicized nature of this case, there is a ‘special circumstances warranting non-disclosure’ of the witnesses’ addresses, contact information, and dates of birth.”
