CANTON – State Police Sergeant Yuriy Bukhenik, who was one of the lead investigators in John O’Keefe’s death, forfeited five vacation days following an internal affairs investigation, a spokesperson for the department confirmed Monday.
Bukhenik was the subject of an internal affairs investigation that state police announced shortly after the trial against Karen Read ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury.
Trooper Proctor’s text messages
The investigation was prompted because of State Trooper Michael Proctor’s text messages about Karen Read, in which he referred to her as derogatory terms and said he hoped she’d commit suicide.
Those texts were sent to family, friends, and coworkers, Proctor testified. Proctor is on leave pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation…