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.

Bukhenik’s stint in Norfolk County came to an inauspicious close Sunday, making him the third trooper linked to the Karen Read case to be reassigned — or fired.

Ex-Trooper Michael Proctor was fired in March when State Police Col. Geoffrey Noble accepted the MSP Trial Board’s recommendation to terminate Proctor for failing to uphold agency standards.

Proctor’s vile texts about Read and the case were ruled “derogatory, defamatory, disparaging, and/or otherwise inappropriate” by the Trial Board.

Det. Lt. Brian Tully was removed as head of the detective bureau posted at the Norfolk DA’s office last October, as the Herald reported.

According to an MSP statement, Tully was moved to a temporary assignment in the MSP Division of Investigative Services, but will continue to “be available to assist … with any cases in which he was previously involved.”

Tully headed the detective bureau stationed at the Norfolk District Attorney’s office during the investigation into the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe on Jan. 29, 2022. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Read, 44, of Mansfield, was acquitted of his murder last month.

The jury foreman told the Herald the panel was unanimous in their decision to only convict Read of drunken driving, adding the police work in the case was filled with “red flags” from start.

The MSP investigation was a target of Read’s defense, which claims that Read was framed by a massive police and prosecution cover-up.

This is a developing story … 

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Karen Read greets her supporters and does selfies after she is acquitted on many of the charges against her on June 18. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)