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More law enforcement discipline comes after Karen Read mistrial
Massachusetts State Police Det. Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, a supervisor of Trooper Michael Proctor, will forfeit time off, as the Canton Police Department announces the three-day suspension of Det. Kevin Albert.
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Canton police suspend Det. Kevin Albert for 3 days without pay
Police in Canton, Massachusetts, said Monday that Det. Kevin Albert, who was previously suspended with pay as part of the fallout of the Karen Read trial, will face a three-day suspension without pay. Albert was under investigation for his alleged actions in a night of drinking with Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor in 2022. The allegations came to light…
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Chaos in Canton: Tensions run high at police audit meeting
Emotions ran high at a meeting of the Police Audit Committee in Canton Thursday night – to the point where police had to be called to escort at least one community member out.
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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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Tensions run high at Canton police audit meeting: Watch what happened
A meeting Thursday in Canton, Massachusetts, became heated as participants discussed how to move forward with an audit of the town’s police department.
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Tempers flare at Canton Police Audit Committee meeting: Watch the explosive video
A meeting Thursday in Canton, Massachusetts, became heated as participants discussed how to move forward with an audit of the town’s police department amid ongoing backlash over how police handled the investigation into Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe’s death and the Sandra Birchmore case. Canton voters approved the independent audit of the Canton Police Department 903 to 800 in...
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Tensions run high at Canton police audit meeting
A committee is struggling to nail down a firm to conduct an audit of the Canton Police Department.
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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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Inside internal affairs report on Mass. State Police supervisor
Massachusetts State Police say there’s not enough evidence to prove Lt. John Fanning failed to take action against Michael Proctor for his inappropriate text messages.
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Outside attorney to prosecute Karen Read in retrial
The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said a special prosecutor will be brought in for the second trial against Karen Read.
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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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Karen Read's legal team seeks dismissal of 2 charges
Defense attorneys are asking the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to throw out two of the charges against her.
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Canton disciplines officer suspended in Karen Read case fallout; isn't saying how
The town of Canton, Massachusetts, has decided on formal discipline for Det. Kevin Albert, who was suspended with pay as part of the fallout of the Karen Read trial, but what that discipline is hasn’t been made public.
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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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Truck fire closes part of I-93 in Canton
Traffic was heavily impacted in the area, which is just past the interchange with I-95. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt.
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Heavy truck fire stops I-93 north in Canton, snarling traffic
A burning truck temporarily closed Interstate 93 north in Canton, Massachusetts, Tuesday afternoon, causing a massive traffic back-up. Footage from the scene showed smoke pouring from the truck on the side of the highway. The highway was closed at Exit 2A, which was also closed, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. It wasn’t immediately clear how the fire started….
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Birchmore's family feels vindicated after Farwell's arrest: ‘Truth has finally come to light'
Relatives of Sandra Birchmore say there has been a sense of relief since charges were brought against a former police detective in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Birchmore died in February 2021, and while her death was initially ruled a suicide, her family and others have said she was killed. Matthew Farwell, who was a detective with the Stoughton Police Department, has been…
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Sandra Birchmore's family feels vindicated after Matthew Farwell's arrest
Loved ones have long said Sandra Birchmore did not die by suicide, as authorities ruled, and they are reacting to this week’s federal indictment of a former detective accused of killing her.
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Sandra Birchmore case is 2nd Norfolk County death probe that feds intervened in
Legal experts say it’s unusual for federal authorities to become involved in a local investigation, especially twice within the same county, as has happened in the Karen Read and Sandra Birchmore cases.
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Community holds standout to seek justice for Sandra Birchmore
A crowd gathered at Canton Town Hall seeking justice for a young woman who was found dead in her Canton apartment in 2021.