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1 person found walking in median after crash that killed 2 on Mass. highway
Two people were killed and a third person was hurt after an early morning crash Monday in Haverhill. The crash happened on Interstate 495 in Haverhill, before 4 a.m. on June 2, according to Massachusetts State Police. A person had been reported walking in the median of I-495 at around 3:45 a.m., state police said, and troopers located that person in a nearby parking lot with Haverhill police. The person — who was receiving medical treatment from the local officers — said they were involved in a crash on the highway with two other people. The scene of the crash was located deep in the embankment and trees adjacent to the southbound side of I-495 in Haverhill. Two people were found dead at the scene, state police said. The person who was receiving medical treatment in the parking lot was brought to the hospital for their injuries. No further information on any of the individuals involved in the crash was available as of 7:30 a.m. on Monday. The crash is under investigation by state police with the Essex County District Attorney's Office, along with detectives and troopers from crime scene services, collision analysis and the drone unit. Woman tried to erase evidence after charging $1,500 in sex trafficking scheme, police say Karen Read trial: Fired investigator's text messages allowed, judge rules 'We were done': Groundbreaking podcast to end after 16 years Music legend postpones Las Vegas show due to illness: 'I'm not feeling well' Mass. State Lottery winner: Father gifts daughter $2 million ticket Read the original article on MassLive.
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2 hospitalized after crash on Boston highway involving state police cruiser, ambulance
Two people were taken to the hospital after a Massachusetts State Police cruiser rear-ended an ambulance on Interstate 93 in Boston on Friday morning, authorities said. The trooper was driving on the northbound side of the highway and struck the back of the ambulance around 11:30 a.m. when it 'unexpectedly slowed,' a state police spokesperson told Boston 25 News. The trooper and an EMT who was in the rear of the ambulance, treating a patient, were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, state police said. The EMT who was driving the ambulance and the patient being transported weren't injured. Both the cruiser and ambulance had to be towed away from the scene. State police are investigating the crash. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
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Watch Live: Karen Read's defense attorneys begin their case at trial
The Karen Read trial is now in the hands of the defense, which is set to call its first witness today. The prosecution rested its case in the high-profile Massachusetts murder trial on Thursday after weeks of testimony from 38 witnesses. Testimony in Dedham's Norfolk Superior Court is expected to start at about 9:30 a.m. after Judge Beverly Cannone meets with the attorneys. You can stream the trial live on CBS News Boston or in the video player above. 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 in January 2022. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol, and leaving the scene of personal injury and death. Her first trial in 2024 ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury. Karen Read's defense Read said outside court on Thursday that the defense expects its case to last one-and-a-half to two weeks. Last year, the defense called all of its witnesses over the course of just two days. It remains to be seen whether the defense will call key witnesses from the last trial who were not called by the prosecution this time around, including former 34 Fairview Road homeowner Brian Albert, federal agent Brian Higgins or fired Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor. Read said Matthew DiSorga, a digital forensics expert who specializes in car data, will be the first witness that her side calls to the stand. A WBZ-TV legal analyst expects that Read's attorney Alan Jackson will handle the majority of the defense's case. Prosecution rests in Karen Read case The final witness for the prosecution was crash reconstructionist Judson Welcher, a biomechanical engineer for Aperture LLC who was subject to intense cross-examination by the defense. Welcher's testimony included videos that showed him dressing up like O'Keefe on the night he died and performing tests with an SUV similar to Read's Lexus. Before resting, special prosecutor Hank Brennan played a documentary interview clip for the jury. In the video, Read remembers a conversation she had with defense attorney David Yannetti shortly after O'Keefe's death. "Did he come and hit the back of my car, and I hit him in the knee and he's drunk and passed out and asphyxiated or something?" Read said in the clip. "You know, what if I ran his foot over, or what if I clipped him in the knee and he passed out or went to care for himself and threw up or passed out?"
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6 days ago
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‘Not a people-free zone': Judge clarifies enforcement of buffer zone during Karen Read trial
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that the buffer zone outside of court where the Karen Read retrial is occurring is allowed to stand but the way it's enforced by police has to change. In a 20-page decision, Judge Myong J. Joun denied in part and granted in part 4 plaintiffs' motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. Judge Beverly Cannone, State Police Superintendent Geoffrey Noble, Dedham Police Chief Michael d'Entremont, and Norfolk County District Attorney are all listed as defendants. The plaintiffs, Jason Grant, Allison Taggart, Lisa Peterson, and Samantha Lyons, argued that Massachusetts State Police troopers 'have been ignoring the Buffer Zone Orders without consequence and are unlawfully prohibiting protestors' speech activities,' according to court documents. In his ruling, Judge Joun stated in part 'although the Buffer Zone Orders are clear, the record shows a persistent pattern of arrests or threats of arrest to protesters and non-protesters alike who are complying with the Buffer Zone Orders.' Examples of this included an incident involving plaintiff Jason Grant, where on May 16 he stood across from the Norfolk Superior Courthouse while holding an American flag and a sign containing a Bible verse that stated '2 Corinthians 3:17: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and Where the Spirit of the Lord is, There is Freedom.' According to the court documents, Grant was warned by State Police Sergeant Michael Hardman that signs related to the trial were restricted in the buffer zone. At some point, Grant wasn't permitted to stand across the courthouse with those signs. 'The buffer zone is not a people-free zone,' Judge Joun stated. 'The public has the right of access, not only to the sidewalks and pathways of the courthouse, but access into the courthouse itself. The Buffer Zone Orders may be enforced only against those individuals who engage in activities that are intended to interfere with the administration of justice or are intended to influence trial participants in the discharge of their duties within the buffer zone.' In contrast to Grant's incident, the judge pointed out that an Erica Walsh displaying 'FKR', which is understood to mean 'Free Karen Read', is not protected speech in the buffer zone, as it's a direct message about Read's guilt or innocence. 'Law enforcement officers are enjoined from enforcing the Buffer Zone Orders in ways that are inconsistent with this decision,' the ruling read in closing. 'Prior to enforcement, law enforcement officers must be able to clearly articulate, without speculation, how any individual violated the Buffer Zone Orders, consistent with this decision.' The full decision can be read below: 'Not a people-free zone': Judge clarifies enforcement of buffer zone during Karen Read trial by Boston 25 Desk on Scribd Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
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Mass. Gov. Healey slams ICE over migrant arrests on Nantucket, Vineyard
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday she was just as surprised as anyone else to learn that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers had arrested 40 people on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard in a series of traffic stops. 'It was very disturbing, needless to say, to wake up to that news about that activity on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket,' the Democratic governor said during an unrelated news conference at the State House. But, she added, that's part of a larger and more disturbing pattern by ICE and President Donald Trump's White House, as agents have arrested and detained scores of people, some of whom ended up being legal U.S. residents. 'This is part of the problem that we're seeing with ICE across the country. And certainly here in Massachusetts, people are being picked up. We have no information about their circumstances,' Healey said. 'There have been real questions raised about due process and whether or not ICE and immigration officials are ... complying with due process here and in other states. And we need answers.' Healey, a former two-term state attorney general, said the state is 'happy to cooperate with federal and local and state law enforcement when it comes to going out and chasing bad guys and putting them away.' But a state court ruling forbids local police from making an arrest based on someone's immigration status. Local laws, such as one in Boston, also limit law enforcement cooperation. And Healey, who has said Massachusetts is 'not a sanctuary state,' has also said the Massachusetts State Police cannot cooperate with ICE on civil immigration matters. 'What we're seeing, you know, are too many instances where real questions about due process are raised,' she said Wednesday. 'And more than anything, we have zero information. Local police chiefs have zero information about what's happening in their communities.' It's one thing for officials to 'go after and target those who have committed crimes, who are here unlawfully,' she said, adding that it's still 'concerning when we see people, moms and dads being ripped away from families, um, neighbors, you know, coworkers taken away. The 'fear and the uncertainty, the anxiety that is created in these communities, I think is totally unnecessary,' she concluded. 'I don't think that this was what we thought that ICE was supposed to be doing.' Two of the Republicans vying for the 2026 gubernatorial nomination have called on state and local police to be more active in their cooperation with federal immigration authorities. 'If I was governor, on day one, the state police would be cooperating with ICE,' former MBTA Chief Administrator Brian Shortsleeve said, according to WBUR. 'I believe that all state, local, municipal police should be cooperating with ICE to make this state safer.' Republican hopeful Mike Kennealy, who served as former Gov. Charlie Baker's housing czar, has been sharply critical of Healey's management of the state's migrant crisis. We should be working with federal officials — not against them — to get violent criminals off our streets,' he said in a statement, according to WBUR. Healey announced earlier this year that she intends to seek reelection to a second, four-year term in the Corner Office. Federal judge orders Harvard researcher to be released from ICE custody Confirmation hearings next week for WMass AG's regional chief nominated for judgeship No more 'fricking barber poles': Gov. Healey says as Mass. looks to shred regs SCOTUS rejects Mass. student's challenge to school's 'two genders' T-shirt ban Latest Donald Trump approval ratings: New poll finds changes Read the original article on MassLive.
