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As the start of the retrial of Karen Read approaches, prosecutors and defense attorneys are sparring through a series of motions — with Read’s team raising questions about an embattled Massachusetts State Police trooper’s actions during the first trial.

With the retrial just six weeks away, footage of Karen Read’s vehicle at the police headquarters in Canton is the subject of a defense motion.

The Karen Read case was back in the courtroom Thursday for a motions hearing that handed the defense a significant victory.

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Karen Read returned to court Thursday for a motions hearing that handed a victory to the defense. Read is accused of hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV in January 2022 and leaving him to die in a snowstorm. She faces second-degree murder and other charges. Read has maintained her innocence and claims she is the...

Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe died in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022, and as Karen Read awaits retrial, questions continue to surround the case.

Wednesday marks the anniversary of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe’s death. His girlfriend, Karen Read, was charged with his murder, but the controversial case ended in a mistrial last summer and continues to cause division, all while his family awaits justice....

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Wednesday marks three years since O’Keefe’s deaths, and a lot of questions still remain about the circumstances surrounding it. His loved ones continue to grieve.

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Wednesday marks three years since the death of John O’Keefe, the Boston police officer who was found dead outside the home of another officer in Canton on a snowy morning in January of 2022. O’Keefe’s death was a tragedy to his family, and marked the start of the ongoing case against Karen Read, his girlfriend who has been accused...

A group of people were holding a 24-hour vigil in front of the Canton Police Department in support of slain Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe and his former girlfriend, Karen Read, who denies allegations she killed him. The O’Keefe family was not part of the vigil. 

A defense expert for Karen Read’s defense team can testify at Read’s retrial later this year, the judge overseeing the case ruled Monday.

Prosecutors in the Karen Read trial spent the day in court trying to discredit the expertise of the defense’s dog bite expert, Dr. Marie Russell, so she can’t testify in the retrial.

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A defense expert in the Karen Read case spent hours on the stand Tuesday explaining and defending her work on dog bite analysis ahead of Read’s second trial later this year. Read is accused of hitting her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow in Canton, Massachusetts, outside the...

Several vehicles were involved in an overnight crash on Interstate 93 in Canton, Massachusetts. The wreck happened near Exit 2 for Route 138, and traffic was impacted as crews responded to the incident. The Canton Fire Department said that six people were taken to a hospital. Additional details were not immediately available.

A disturbing set of videos have been making the rounds in Canton, Massachusetts, allegedly showing high school students damaging a home and kicking what appears to be a dead rabbit, according to school officials. School officials and the police are now looking into the videos, which were taken before Thanksgiving. “This was an extremely disheartening situation. It’s unfortunate that...

A video of a disturbing “out of school” incident involving Canton High School students is now under police investigation. 

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The Karen Read murder case judge granted prosecutors’ request for access to off-the-record interviews and other documents from interviews with Boston Magazine reporter Gretchen Voss.

The judge presiding over the Karen Read murder trial has ruled that interview materials from two local news outlets must be turned over to lawyers ahead of her retrial. 

The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, was found to have violated department rules and regulations....

The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office is seeking phone records from Karen Read’s mother as they get ready for her retrial. Here’s why. 

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.