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What Karen Read's appeals, Michael Proctor's texts and a new prosecutor mean for the next trial
Three months after a mistrial was declared in the case against Karen Read, we look at all the developments and how they will impact the upcoming retrial.
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How much Whitey' Bulger's former lawyer is making to prosecute Karen Read retrial
NBC10 Boston has obtained the contract between the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office and the high-profile Boston attorney who’s been brought in to lead the prosecution in the Karen Read retrial.
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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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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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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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‘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....
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Protesters call for Norfolk County DA Michael Morrissey to resign
Dozens of Karen Read supporters protested on a rainy Thursday afternoon in Quincy as Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey held a fundraising event.
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Karen Read trial: Defense attorneys call for 2 charges to be dropped
Judge Beverly Cannone heard arguments about charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly crash, which Karen Read’s attorneys are trying to get dismissed ahead of her retrial.
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Mass. State Police investigating troopers who testified in Karen Read trial
More state troopers with connections to the Karen Read case are the subjects of internal affairs investigations.
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More state troopers with connections to Karen Read case under investigation
Massachusetts State Police announced Tuesday that they were investigating three troopers, two of whom testified at the Karen Read murder trial. Det. Lt. Brian Tully, Lt. John Fanning and Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik “are each the subject of an active internal affairs investigation,” the department told NBC10 Boston Tuesday. Tully and Bukhenik were both called to the stand last month during…
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Karen Read trial: Date set as prosecutors plan to retry case
The retrial against Karen Read is set for Jan. 27, months after a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury.
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Decision on a new Karen Read trial could be reached on Monday
Prosecutors quickly made clear that they intend to retry Read, who is accused of striking her boyfriend, former Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow.
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Karen Read case status hearing scheduled for Monday
A new trial date could be selected tomorrow and under state law, that date must be before July first 2025, exactly one year after the mistrial was declared.
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Bleach-filled balloons damage lawns of Karen Read supporters; Canton police investigate
Police in Canton, Massachusetts, say they are investigating after lawns were damaged by bleach-filled balloons. Three people, all supporters of Karen Read, have had their property damaged. Two of the victims filed police reports. “You can see it’s got a splatter,” Rita Lombardi said, pointing to her yard. It started as a small section of browning. “Then I noticed...
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Canton lawns vandalized with bleach-filled balloons
Police say they are investigating how bleach ended up damaging front yards belonging to Karen Read supporters in Canton.
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5th Karen Read trial juror comes forward as jury list remains impounded
A fifth juror from the Karen Read murder trial has come forward to say that the jury would have voted to find Read not guilty, according to a new filing from her defense team.
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