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Karen Read prosecutors seek her mom's phone records in bid for dad's testimony
The prosecution in Karen Read’s murder case is now seeking phone records from her mother, part of their planned questioning of her father in January’s retrial of some of Massachusetts’ most controversial criminal charges in years.
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Speeding driver rolls car on on I-95N in Canton, police say
A rollover crash delayed traffic on I-95 northbound in Canton, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning. It started with a report of a vehicle speeding down Route 1 in Foxborough around 10:30 a.m., according to Massachusetts State Police. Troopers tried to catch up to stop the car, but it continued onto I-95N, crashing while trying to take exit 23A. No serious injuries were...
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Karen Read team seeks DA's personal emails, says prosecution expert misunderstood data
The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case has requested any communications that Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey made from his personal phone and email accounts involving the case, which is headed for a retrial. It was one of several filings made by the defense Friday, along with a response to the prosecution’s request to have evidence from...
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Prosecutors push to get Karen Read interviews ahead of retrial
Ahead of the retrial of Karen Read, Massachusetts prosecutors are asking for records of an interview she did last year with Boston Magazine. Read is facing multiple charges, including murder, in the 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton. Prosecutors say she hit O’Keefe, her boyfriend, with her SUV and left him for dead, while Read has...
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Mass. high court to hear arguments in Karen Read's case Wednesday
Karen Read’s defense team is calling on the highest court in Massachusetts to drop two of the charges against her in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton in January 2022.
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Top court hears arguments in Karen Read's bid to have 2 charges dropped
Karen Read’s defense team has called on the highest court in Massachusetts to drop two of the charges against Read in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
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Firm that will audit Canton Police Department selected, to start work soon
The firm that will audit the police department in Canton, Massachusetts, in the wake of the Karen Read case has been selected.
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Karen Read will not be deposed in civil case until criminal trial concludes
Karen Read will not be deposed in a civil case against her until the conclusion of her second criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin in January, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Vanity Fair's Karen Read profile just dropped: Here's what we learned
The first installment in Vanity Fair’s long-awaited profile of Karen Read dropped on Tuesday morning. Part 2 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday. Karen Read is ready to speak. This summer, after her first murder trial ended with a hung jury, Read spoke to VF about her late boyfriend John O’Keefe, and what she and her legal team allege...
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John O'Keefe's ex-girlfriend believes Karen Read is innocent: ‘Nothing was adding up'
A one-time girlfriend of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe shared her thoughts on the case against Karen Read in an interview with NBC’s Dateline. Lindsay Higgins says she dated O’Keefe for about six months. “He was just such a gentleman, you know, walked me home,” she told Dateline. “Just really, really kind.” She first learned of his death while she...
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Karen Read's defense pushes back on prosecutors' argument not to dismiss charges
The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to the prosecution’s argument against dismissing some of the charges against her as both sides prepare to square off before Massachusetts’ highest court next month.
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Canton police say missing boy last seen by Boston train station has been found safe
Police say they have safely located an 11-year-old boy who was missing from Canton, Massachusetts, Wednesday. Canton police said earlier Wednesday that the boy, who has autism, was last seen in the area of the Ruggles transit station in Boston wearing a black hat, a green shirt and blue jeans. Police haven’t said where the child was found but said...
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Turtleboy's defense claims DA lied about evidence, improperly used personal email
An attorney for one of Karen Read‘s most visible supporters, facing charges of witness intimidation in the case, is leveling new allegations against prosecutors. The defense team for Aidan Kearney, the blogger better known as “Turtleboy,” sent a letter to prosecutors Thursday claiming that Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey lied about evidence and improperly communicated by personal email. Kearney’s...
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Karen Read appears on Dateline as high court prepares to hear her appeal
In Friday’s edition of Canton Confidential, we look at Karen Read’s Dateline interview, her first trial’s price tag for taxpayers and other recent headlines in the high-profile case.
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Head of Mass. State Police unit that investigated Karen Read transferred out
Police announced Friday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who has been under internal investigation, has been transition to a different department for the time being.
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Recap: Takeaways from Dateline's Karen Read episode, ‘Canton Confidential'
We got a new look at the Karen Read case on Friday night. Dateline aired a two-hour Karen Read special on the case, with an exclusive interview and much more. Read, who’s been charged with second-degree murder in the death of John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, and denies the accusations, spoke to the legendary NBC newsmagazine before her...
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Karen Read trial security cost Mass. nearly $210K in police overtime
Courthouse security for the first Karen Read case cost more than $200,000 in police overtime, according to records shared with NBC10 Boston Thursday.
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What did Karen Read prosecutors say in response to her team's appeal? Read the brief
Prosecutors in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to her team’s appeal to Massachusetts’ highest court Wednesday to have two counts in her murder case dismissed. Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV during a snowstorm in Canton in January 2022, but after a mistrial was declared in the initial...
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Man accused of kidnapping his toddler from Canton day care faces judge
A man accused of taking his toddler from the boy’s day care in Canton, Massachusetts, despite a restraining order, appeared before a judge in Rhode Island Monday, waiving his right to an extradition hearing in that state so he can face the charges against him.