The decision to transfer the sergeant comes just weeks after Karen Read was acquitted on all charges connected to the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O’Keefe.

Embattled Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik has been kicked out of the Norfolk DA’s office. He’s now assigned to the South Boston barracks, where he will patrol that section of the city, the State Police confirmed Monday.

Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, a key investigator in the Karen Read case​, has been transferred to another Massachusetts State Police role.