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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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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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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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Jury seated in Karen Read murder trial, hearing for outstanding motions Thursday
There’s a hearing Thursday for a handful of outstanding motions in the case that has drawn national attention.
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Lawyers trade barbs, accusations during heated hearing in Karen Read case
Prosecution and defense lawyers in the Karen Read murder case traded barbs and accusations during a heated hearing Friday that had members of the public laughing and cheering during the proceedings. Read is charged with second-degree murder, accused of killing her boyfriend, former Boston police officer John O’Keefe, on Jan. 29, 2022 after a night at the bar. Police say,…
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Karen Read defense team says state is withholding key evidence
Lawyers for Karen Read — the Massachusetts woman charged with second degree murder in the death of her police officer boyfriend in a case that has garnered national attention and controversy — are demanding access to evidence they say the Commonwealth has been holding back. Read is accused of killing John O’Keefe on Jan. 29, 2022, after a night out…
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DA hits out at ‘baseless' witness harassment around Karen Read case
The district attorney whose office is prosecuting the case of Karen Read, the woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, issued a rare statement out of court Friday addressing speculation about the case and defending the investigation.
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Judge denies gag order requested by prosecutors in Karen Read murder case
A gag order requested by prosecutors in the case of Karen Read, the woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, was denied by a judge on Monday. Read is accused of killing O’Keefe on Jan. 29, 2022, after a night out at the bar. Police said she ran him over with…
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Who Killed John O'Keefe? Understanding the Latest Claims in the Legal Saga
The legal wrangling in the case of the killing of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer found dead last winter outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts, has attracted outsized attention before the trial’s even begun. Attorneys for the Mansfield woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, her boyfriend, have continued to argue in court that authorities...
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New Developments in Case Involving Death of BPD Officer
Prosecutors in the Karen Read case are firing back saying her defense team is on a fishing expedition as Read’s lawyers continue to push a theory that Read is being framed in the death of her boyfriend Boston police officer John O’Keefe.