COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. ____________COURT DOCKET NO. ___________ COMMONWEALTH v. ____________________________________________________________ COMMONWEALTH’S NOTICE REGARDING A POTENTIAL COMMONWEALTH WITNESS ____________________________________________________________ Now comes the Commonwealth and, in light of Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 and case law, notifies the defendant that a potential witness in this case, Medford Police Officer Robert Richard, was placed on administrative leave on May 4, 2016, and resigned on September 19, 2016. Officer Richard was the subject of an internal affairs investigation that concluded with a 44-page report that indicates that he obstructed the internal affairs investigation, filed a false police report, manipulated an alleged crime scene, misled the police in an investigation into a breaking and entering and larceny at a Medford residence, and improperly stored his gun in his personal motor vehicle. The Commonwealth will not call Officer Richard as a witness. Respectfully Submitted For the Commonwealth, MARIAN T. RYAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY _____________________________ Assistant District Attorney Date: