Mirsky v. Barkas

Troy, Paul E., J.

This action arises out of a police investigation of and the initiation of a criminal complaint against the pro-se plaintiff, Lawrence N. Mirsky (“Mirsky”). In 2007 and 2008, Detective Kathryn L. Barkas (“Barkas”) of the Quincy Police Department (“Quincy Police”) investigated thirty-nine-year-old Mirsky for allegedly criminally harassing a seventeen-year-old female who worked at a grocery store near Mirsky’s home. Detective Timothy V. Cohoon (“Cohoon”) of the Braintree Police Department became involved in Barkas’s investigation in late 2007. The investigation eventually…