Suffolk County District Attorney: Recent Graduate And Off-Duty Trooper Arraigned For Motor Vehicle Homicide

North End MA

31 October, 2021

7:57 PM

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Press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney: October 29, 2021 BOSTON, October 29, 2021—An off-duty Massachusetts State Police Trooper was arraigned today on charges related to a fatal crash that Suffolk prosecutors allege resulted from his negligent and drunken driving, District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. KRISTOPHER CARR, 25, of Monson was arraigned today in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court on charges of motor vehicle homicide by operating under the influence of alcohol and negligent operation in connection with the crash that killed 51-year-old Christopher Zike. Judge Thomas Kaplanes set bail in the amount of $5,000 and ordered that Mr. Carr refrain from driving while the case is pending and to remain alcohol free subject to random urine screens. Assistant District Attorney Amanda Cascione, the supervising attorney of the District Attorney's Dorchester prosecution team, had requested a bail of $7,500 to ensure Mr. Carr's return to court, as well as conditions that he refrain from driving, remain alcohol free and be ordered to use a SCRAM device. This press release was produced by the Suffolk County District Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.