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Sgt. Bukhenik disciplined for failing to reprimand Proctor over behavior in Read case
The Massachusetts State Police sergeant responsible for overseeing embattled Trooper Michael Proctor is facing discipline for his failure to reprimand his subordinate for inappropriate text messages sent during the Karen Read investigation. Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik will forfeit five vacation days for his failure to “properly supervise and/or counsel a subordinate for sending inappropriate correspondence regarding an ongoing investigation,” according...
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SJC brief from Karen Read's attorneys due Wednesday
The state’s highest court has agreed to hear Karen Read‘s appeal, and her lawyers are expected to file a brief outlining their case by Wednesday. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court agreed last week to review the case. Read’s lawyers are trying to get two of three charges against her dismissed, the major one being murder. The court set a...
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SJC brief from Karen Read's attorneys due Wednesday
The state’s highest court will hear Karen Read’s appeal, and defense lawyers have until Wednesday to file a brief supporting their case.
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Massachusetts high court agrees to review Karen Read case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to review the Karen Read case, according to a new court filing. “I hereby reserve and report this case, without decision, for determination by the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth,” Supreme Judicial Court Justice Elizabeth Dewar wrote in Thursday’s filing. “The parties shall prepare and file in the full court a...
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Karen Read case: What an internal investigation of a Proctor supervisor found
Massachusetts State Police have shared details of the department’s internal investigation into a supervisor in the Karen Read case: Lt. John Fanning.
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Ex-‘Whitey' Bulger lawyer tapped to lead Karen Read retrial prosecution
When Karen Read returns to court for her retrial in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, the prosecution in the controversial and closely watched case will be led by a new, outside attorney.
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Canton residents call for audit of police department
The group gathered outside the police department Saturday, drawing attention to the Karen Read and Sandra Birchmore cases.
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Here's why Karen Read's lawyers think murder charge against her should be thrown out
New court filings released this week include new details about why Karen Read‘s lawyers think the murder charge against her should be thrown out. On Wednesday, Read’s legal team appealed a recent ruling to Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court, seeking to overturn Judge Beverly Cannone’s ruling last month denying Read’s motion to dismiss two of the charges brought against her....
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Karen Read's defense team appeals double jeopardy motions
Karen Read’s legal team has appealed a recent ruling to Massachusetts’ highest court, apparently seeking to have two charges brought against her thrown out after the judge who’s overseen the case declined to do so.
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Karen Read files appeal to top Mass. court, records show
Karen Read‘s legal team has appealed a recent ruling to Massachusetts’ highest court, apparently seeking to have two charges brought against her thrown out after the judge who’s overseen the case declined to do so. Wednesday’s filing in Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court, as recorded in the court’s docket, shows three attorneys of Read’s, including David Yannetti, filed the appeal...
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Michael Proctor, lead investigator in Karen Read case, won't testify in Walshe trial
Embattled Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who became the subject of controversy for his role in the Karen Read murder trial, will not testify in the case of Brian Walshe, a Cohasset man accused of killing his wife and then hiding her dismembered body in 2023, according to a recent court filing. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office stated in a filing Friday that, at...
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Karen Read says in interview that murder case left her in ‘purgatory'
Karen Read’s monthslong murder case left her in “purgatory” and “stressed every day,” she said in an interview set to air Friday night. Read, 44, is accused of ramming into her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 2022 snowstorm. Her two-month trial ended in July when jurors declared they…
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Karen Read supporters hold standouts across the country
Read, 44, is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 2022 snowstorm.
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O'Keefe family files wrongful death suit against Karen Read, 2 Canton bars
The brother of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Karen Read and two bars in Canton, Massachusetts, that were among the last places O’Keefe was seen alive.
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John O'Keefe's brother files wrongful death lawsuit against Karen Read, 2 Canton bars
The brother of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Karen Read and two bars in Canton, Massachusetts, that were among the last places O’Keefe was seen alive. The civil suit was filed Friday in Plymouth Superior Court by Paul O’Keefe on behalf of his family and his brother’s estate against Read, the Waterfall...
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Judge denies Karen Read's motion to dismiss 2 charges
The judge overseeing the Karen Read murder trial has denied Read’s motion to dismiss two of the charges against her. The judge issued the ruling Friday morning two weeks after holding a hearing where she heard arguments from both sides.
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Karen Read motion to dismiss charges denied
The judge overseeing the Karen Read case has denied her motion to dismiss two of the charges against her.
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Motion to dismiss denied: Review the full Karen Read ruling
Judge Beverly Cannone issued a highly-anticipated ruling Friday in the controversial Karen Read murder case, denying a defense motion to dismiss two of the charges, including second-degree murder. The denial of the motion to dismiss means the case now remains on track for a second trial on Jan. 27, 2025. You can read the full 21-page ruling below: Read is…
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Judge won't dismiss 2 Karen Read charges: ‘the defendant was not acquitted'
The judge overseeing the Karen Read case has denied her motion to dismiss two of the charges against her, allowing prosecutors to bring all three charges, including second-degree murder, at the retrial in the closely watched case. Judge Beverly Cannone issued the ruling Friday, two weeks to the day after holding a hearing where she heard arguments from the defense…
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‘He needs to go': Karen Read supporters protest Norfolk County DA's fundraiser
Karen Read supporters are calling on Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey to step down. Dozens protested Thursday outside of his fundraising event in Quincy, Massachusetts. Morrissey’s office is prosecuting Read, who’s accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by hitting him with her SUV. Read’s defense argued that she was framed in a wide-ranging coverup....