Crime and Courts

Judge Beverly Cannone discussed an “ambush” by Karen Read’s defense, yet still handed them a win on their ARCCA experts in court Tuesday. Here’s what happened, and how Read reacted.

After a busy day in the Karen Read case, we break down what Jennifer McCabe had to say about finding John O’Keefe mortally wounded in the snow, the defense calling into question the reliability of the prosecution’s phone analysis expert and Judge Cannone allowing the defense’s ARCCA experts to testify despite finding they violated her orders....

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A Pittsburgh pet mortuary owner faces charges after allegedly victimizing thousands by carelessly dumping their deceased pets into landfills.

A key witness took the stand in the second Karen Read murder trial Tuesday: Jennifer McCabe, a friend of John O’Keefe’s, who was with Read when she found his body in the snow. She testified about the increasingly frantic search, and finding the body. Also Tuesday, more cellphone data testimony and a ruling on ARCCA experts.

Boston police have identified a group of people accused of attacking a Suffolk University student as he walked near the Boston Common late Saturday night.

Police have now identified the second person whose body was found in the woods near a Walmart in Salem, Massachusetts, last week.

Yunice Abbas was the first defendant questioned Tuesday in the trial in connection with the 2016 robbery during which the reality star was held at gunpoint.

Tuesday was a big day of testimony in the Karen Read trial, with key prosecution witness Jennifer McCabe taking the stand and a big ruling on controversial witnesses.

The man who struck and killed Connecticut State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier on Interstate 84 in Southington in May, then left the scene, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, of Hartford, had accepted a plea deal and the judge imposed the sentence on Tuesday. “I’m sorry because it was not my intention,” Oyola-Sanchez said...

In highly anticipated testimony, Jennifer McCabe took the stand Tuesday in Karen Read’s second murder trial and recounted the search for John O’Keefe.

Cellphone data took center stage in the Karen Read trial Monday, with new evidence on phone temperature described alongside timing of the “Hos long to die in cold” search. Later, a hearing over the defense’s key crash recongstruction experts, from the firm ARCCA, was held....

We have reaction and legal analysis to all that from the day in court, plus what...

A Suffolk University student who was assaulted on Boston Common shared photos of his injuries and described being hit over the head with a bottle. Police are still searching for the group he said attacked him. 

Police said that “up to 15 bodies had been mutilated and subject to experimentation” by the suspect, who owns a mortuary in Texas.

Jonathan Pullen, the Rocky Mountain DEA’s special agent in charge, said the agency seized illegal drugs and weapons at the nightclub.

Boston police are searching for five suspects accused of attacking a Suffolk University student as he walked near the Boston Common late Saturday night.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to review Karen Read’s appeal to have two of the three charges against her dropped

Almost nine years after Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint and robbed of more than $9 million in jewelry in Paris, the suspects are now on trial.

Testimony in the Karen Read trial continued Monday, followed by an at-times contentious hearing with two potential defense witnesses

Week two of the Karen Read murder trial begins Monday morning.

The first victim has been identified as Andrew Ross Guempel, 41, whose last known address was in Arizona, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office. The second victim will be publicly identified after next of kin is notified....

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