Trooper Michael Proctor read from compilations of text messages he sent to friends as he looked at Read’s phone. “Yes she’s a babe. Weird Fall River accent, though.

After the closed hearing, the State Police Trial Board will make disciplinary recommendations to Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble, the head of the State Police, officials have said.

A police trial board hearing will continue next month for the state trooper suspended following the highly contentious Karen Read trial

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor was the lead investigator in the Karen Read case, but now his job could be in danger.

Suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor may learn his fate on Wednesday. Proctor was the lead investigator in the Karen Read Murder case and is facing allegations of misconduct. Proctor is currently suspended from the State Police since last July.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor has been suspended without pay since July. A hearing Wednesday could determine his fate.

Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor will face a trial board Wednesday to figure out the next step in the disciplinary process.

Proctor, the lead investigator assigned to the death of Read’s Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, was relieved of his duty this past summer following a mistrial in the Read case and his last day with the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office followed soon thereafter.