John O'Keefe

Judge Beverly Cannone’s “grave concern” about the behavior of Karen Read’s defense attorneys was addressed at a hearing Tuesday.

Ahead of Tuesday’s Karen Read hearing, sources say federal investigators will not bring charges against law enforcement.

The federal investigation into the handling of the Karen Read case has ended, and no charges are being filed against law enforcement, a source with direct knowledge tells NBC10 Boston.

The federal investigation into the handling of the Karen Read case has ended, and no charges are being filed against law enforcement, a source with direct knowledge tells NBC10 Boston.

The judge ended Tuesday’s hearing in the Karen Read case in startling fashion, citing “grave concern” about new information brought by prosecutors.

Prosecutors are accusing defense attorneys of not sharing information about crash reconstruction experts who testified on Karen Read’s behalf during her first trial.

After Massachusetts’ highest court denied Karen Read’s request to have two of the charges dropped in her closely watched murder trial, she’s filed an appeal in federal court, opening a new front in the legal saga.

A motion hearing Tuesday in the high-profile Karen Read case was suspended by the judge after she expressed “grave concern” over new information provided to her by the prosecution.

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 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 24-hour vigil to remember John O’Keefe on the third anniversary of his death was held Tuesday into Wednesday at Canton Police Headquarters, though it was not attended by his friends or family. “The reason we’re not participating is because it’s not a genuine honoring of John O’Keefe. It’s not,” said John Jackson, a friend of O’Keefe’s and his...

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. 

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....