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Karen Read's defense rests its case in her retrial for the death of her police officer boyfriend
Defense attorneys for Karen Read rested their case Wednesday, bringing her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend one step closer to its blockbuster conclusion. Judge Beverly Cannone indicated closing arguments will begin Friday, with jurors expected to begin deliberating thereafter. Prosecutors have accused Read of hitting John O'Keefe with her SUV in January 2022 during a wintry night out drinking with friends – alleging she struck the off-duty officer while driving in reverse and left him to die outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts. Read's defense has claimed she is the victim of a cover-up, alleging other off-duty law enforcement inside that home killed O'Keefe, placed his body on the lawn and conspired to frame her. But their case during the retrial – the first ended with a hung jury – appeared more focused on sowing doubt in jurors' minds about the quality of the investigation, rather than substantiating the theory of a third-party culprit. Both sides have concentrated on the forensic evidence, with expert witnesses for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Read's defense offering conflicting theories about what caused O'Keefe's fatal injuries. The Commonwealth presented testimony and evidence it said showed O'Keefe was hit by Read's vehicle around 12:30 a.m. on January 29, 2022, pointing to data taken from his phone and Read's SUV, as well as fragments of the vehicle's taillight found scattered across the scene. In prosecutors' telling, the collision threw O'Keefe to the cold ground, causing blunt force injuries to his head that left him incapacitated as the snowfall buried him. Prosecutors also presented evidence suggesting the couple was at odds leading up to O'Keefe's death. That included text messages indicating they were fighting on January 28. In the hours after prosecutors say O'Keefe died, Read called him dozens of times, testimony showed, leaving eight scathing voicemails. 'F**k yourself,' Read said. Read's attorneys challenged this theory: Their experts testified some of O'Keefe's injures – specifically cuts and scratches on his arm – were caused by a dog, and that the damage to Read's taillight was inconsistent with it striking a person. The defense also worked to undermine confidence in the investigation, highlighting sexist and offensive text messages the lead investigator, Michael Proctor, sent about the defendant, which ultimately led to his dishonorable discharge from the Massachusetts State Police. Proctor, however, was never called to testify. Read also chose not to take the stand. Throughout the prosecution's case, the Commonwealth played numerous clips taken from interviews Read provided news outlets and documentary film crews, using her own words to highlight inconsistencies in her account and refute the defense's arguments. 'I didn't think I hit him, hit him,' Read said in one clip taken from her October 2024 interview for NBC's 'Dateline.' 'But could I have clipped him? Could I have tagged him in the knee and incapacitated him? He didn't look mortally wounded as far as I could see,' Read said, 'but could I have done something that knocked him out and, in his drunkenness, and in the cold, (he) didn't come to again?' Asked Tuesday if she would testify, Read confirmed she would not, nodding to the many clips played in court, according to CNN affiliate WCVB. The jury, she said, has 'heard my interview clips. They've heard my voice. They've heard a lot of me.' This story has been updated with additional information.
New York Post
2 hours ago
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NYC councilmember urges residents to take up arms after robbers tied up Queens family in shocking home invasion
A City Council member from Queens is urging her constituents to arm themselves following a terrifying home invasion in which robbers posing as Amazon drivers tied up a family and snatched thousands of dollars in cash, according to cops. Republican Vickie Paladino offered to help residents in her district — which covers Whitestone, where the ordeal took place — obtain gun permits in light of the break-in Monday morning. 'I want to remind my constituents that New Yorkers have a constitutional right to protect themselves,' Paladino said in a statement. Advertisement 'I urge my constituents to avail themselves of their rights under the Second Amendment; my office is always available to assist constituents with obtaining firearm permits for premises or concealed carry,' she said Tuesday. The conservative pol's call to arms came as the NYPD on Wednesday released surveillance footage of the pair of wanted perps wearing baseball caps, with one of them carrying an Amazon box and the other wearing a bright-yellow vest, walking on the quiet residential block. The masked thieves pushed their way into the home at around 9 a.m., tying up the family living there, including three children, duct-taping their mouths — and then making off with the cash and jewelry, cops said. Advertisement Council Member Vickie Paladino said she would help constituents get gun permits in a post on Facebook. Vickie Palladino / Facebook 'The NYPD has indicated that this was a targeted incident and there is no ongoing threat to the community,' Paladino said. 'Let me be absolutely clear – violence has no place in Whitestone or anywhere in our district.' Neighbors said home invasions were not uncommon in the area — with at least two telling The Post they had recently been robbed. Advertisement A 37-year-old Whitestone resident who declined to give her name said money and jewelry were taken from her house six months ago, but luckily no one was home at the time. 'I don't think it was random. I think people are scoping out the area,' she said. 'This neighborhood has been a little crazy. The same thing that happened to them happened to us.' Another neighbor, a 25-year-old man, said his house had been broken into about six months ago as well. Advertisement Police are still investigating the crime, the suspects have not yet been apprehended. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock 'When that happened, we got prepared. You gotta protect yourself. All that matters is your life. The bad people, they never get caught,' he told the Post. The 109th precinct, which encompasses Whitestone, has reported 99 robberies so far in 2025. The NYPD is still searching for the suspects in the latest heist. 'The safety of our neighborhoods is my top priority – and I will not sit quietly while violence threatens our neighborhoods,' Paladino said.
CNN
2 hours ago
- CNN
Karen Read's defense rests its case in her retrial for the death of her police officer boyfriend
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