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Special prosecutor Hank Brennan broke his silence on the Karen Read case Monday, warning that the behavior of her most vocal supporters threatens the American legal system as it is known.
“The campaign of intimidation and abuse that has been waged, funded, and promoted in public and on social media is the antithesis of justice. If this type of conduct becomes commonplace, it will threaten the integrity of our judicial system, affecting both victims and criminally accused,” he said in a statement.
“We cannot condone witness abuse causing participants to worry for their own safety or that of their families.”
One of Read’s chief cheerleaders, Aidan Kearney, a Canton blogger known as Turtleboy, is facing charges of witness intimidation in connection with the case.
KAREN READ’S LAWYERS IDENTIFY EXACT MOMENT PROSECUTION ‘LOST THE CASE’ IN MURDER TRIAL
Karen Read speaks to a supporter as she and her legal team leave the Dedham, Massachusetts, courthouse on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
“It is my hope that with the verdict, the witnesses and their families will be left alone,” Brennan said. “The harassment of these innocent victims and family members is deplorable and should never happen again in a case in this commonwealth.”
Jurors found Read not guilty of all homicide-related charges last week in her second trial over the death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and her former boyfriend whom prosecutors alleged she fatally struck with her 2021 Lexus LX 570 SUV before fleeing the scene.
Despite the outcome, there are signs that her supporters still have their focus on witnesses in the case – one of whom is slated to get married over the weekend.
After a “Free Karen Read” X account posted information about the wedding, her registry site went offline.
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Officer John O’Keefe in his official portrait. (Boston Police Department)
Prosecutors had accused Read of backing into O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV and leaving him to die with a fractured skull during a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022. Her defense denied a collision ever happened. Jurors agreed and found her guilty only of drunken driving.
“I am disappointed in the verdict and the fact that we could not achieve justice for John O’Keefe and his family,” Brennan said.
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He joined the case last year to assist the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office after Read’s first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. He said District Attorney Michael Morrissey gave him full discretion to reinterpret the evidence, and Brennan sought the same charges, including second-degree murder.
William and Janet Read, parents of defendant Karen Read, listen as defense attorney Alan Jackson gives closing arguments in her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court on Friday, June 13, 2025 in Dedham, Massachusetts. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
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“After an independent and thorough review of all the evidence, I concluded that the evidence led to one person, and only one person,” Brennan said. “Neither the closed federal investigation nor my independent review led me to identify any other possible suspect or person responsible for the death of John O’Keefe.”
Morrissey’s office has not responded to a request for comment from Fox News Digital regarding the trial’s outcome.
Read’s parents, however, have maintained her innocence throughout more than three years of her legal ordeal.
Her father, William Read, an outspoken voice on the courthouse steps during and after her second trial, has thanked supporters who lined the streets outside her trial as well as internet “content providers” who took her side online.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan during the Karen Read retrial on June 10, 2025 in Dedham, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
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“I want to acknowledge the greatest team of attorneys,” he told a crowd after her acquittal on the most serious charges. “Our first one that we found was David Yannetti. We added Alan Jackson and Liza Little. Bob Alessi you know about, all right. It was a fantastic team, but we needed them all to defeat this.”
In a new interview with NBC’s Boston affiliate, he put on a Lexus golf shirt and said his daughter would have told him if she had killed O’Keefe.
“We know Karen as our daughter. Had she done something and struck John O’Keefe, we would have been the first to be notified,” he told the station. “She would have said, ‘Mom and dad, I will take my medicine,’ and it was quite the opposite.”
As for her mother, Janet Read, she thanked her daughter’s supporters and said she intended to pay it forward.
William Read, like his daughter’s defense attorneys, is urging her supporters to go out and vote.
O’Keefe’s family has not responded to requests for comment.
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A mother charged with two counts of murder after the deaths of her two young children agreed Monday in Rutland County Superior Court to be transferred to Massachusetts, where she will face the charges.
The Massachusetts State Police have charged Janette MacAusland, 49, with murdering her two children, ages 6 and 7, after they were found dead at their home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Friday.
According to a Bennington police press release, MacAusland arrived at a relative’s home in Vermont on Friday night with a neck injury, bleeding and appearing “highly distraught.”
The relatives called the Bennington police, who then prompted police in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to check on MacAusland’s children. Both were found dead. No details have been released about the cause or manner of death.
The Bennington Police Department arrested MacAusland and took her to Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Rutland, where she has been held without bail.
Appearing virtually in court Monday, MacAusland agreed to waive her right to a hearing and be immediately transferred back to Norfolk County in Massachusetts.
“She’s decided that the best thing is to get back to Massachusetts as soon as possible and address these charges,” Jeff Rubin, her attorney, said at the hearing.
The children’s deaths follow a custody battle between MacAusland and her former husband, according to the Associated Press. MacAusland’s husband filed for divorce in October after nine years of marriage and sought custody of the children and family home.
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Every now and then on The Judi and EJ Show a topic comes up that reminds you why radio is still the best medium on earth.
Ice cream will do that.
It started a couple of weeks ago when we spent an hour on products that nobody makes anymore — the ones you miss so much that you find yourself doing late night internet searches hoping to find a closeout website or a forgotten store somewhere that still has a few left. Kyle Forcini — our on-air partner and producer — brought up Turkey Hill Graham Slam Ice Cream. A Turkey Hill partnership with the Phillies a few years back that landed at Acme Markets across New Jersey. Then the partnership ended. And the Graham Slam disappeared.
Kyle had not had it in almost a decade.
I had some extra time that day. So I drove over to Pennsylvania, found a Giant grocery store — the only place the research said still carried it — and came back with a carton of Kyle’s all-time favorite ice cream.
I texted him when I got it. His response was one word.
WOW.
Later that day he sent me a photo of himself eating it. That made my whole day. Sometimes the smallest gestures land the hardest.
So today I went back to that same Pennsylvania Giant store to get him another carton.
Turkey Hill Graham Slam sold out in PA | photo by EJ
Sold out!
Turns out Kyle is not the only one who remembers Graham Slam. That ice cream has a following — and right now they are all showing up at the same Giant store in Pennsylvania.
The phones lit up
We opened up the lines today and asked listeners to share their favorite New Jersey ice cream shops. The response was immediate and enthusiastic — which should surprise nobody because New Jersey takes its ice cream seriously.
Brenden from Delran pointed us to the Ice Cream Bar in Delanco, Burlington County. John in Helmetta had strong feelings about Causeway Ice Cream in South River, Middlesex County — his order is always soft serve with sprinkles. Christine over in Bensalem called in to represent Ice Cream on 9 in Howell, Monmouth County and specifically said get the pistachio. Dot in Nutley told us about Graham Central Station — found at Applegate Farm in Upper Montclair, Essex County. Fitting that a Graham-related ice cream came up given where the whole conversation started.
But the place that generated the most conversation was Halo Farm on Spruce Street in Lawrence Township — right around the corner from the station. There was some friendly confusion between Halo Farm and Halo Pubs until Susan from Trenton set everyone straight. Halo Farm is a longtime Mercer County institution — a micro-dairy that processes its own milk on site and produces dozens of super-premium flavors from simple ingredients. Founded in the 1970s. Old school dairy store feel — milk, juices, baked goods and ice cream all under one roof. The related Halo Pub locations throughout Mercer County serve the same ice cream in a more traditional scoop shop setting. If you are anywhere near Trenton and have not been, go.
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Mr. Softee stopped by my nieces wedding a few weeks ago | photo by EJ
Three on my personal list this season
There are countless great ice cream shops across New Jersey — more than any single article could cover. But here are three that are on the personal radar for the season ahead.
Thomas Sweet in Princeton — a legendary Princeton institution that has been scooping since 1979. On the list and long overdue for a visit.
Evergreen Dairy Bar on Route 70 in Southampton — right on the edge of the Pine Barrens in Burlington County. A regular stop on Pine Barrens day trips and one of those places that feels like it belongs exactly where it is. Old school roadside dairy bar, the kind that reminds you what summer in South Jersey is supposed to taste like. Learn more about Evergreen in the gallery below.
Jersey Freeze in Freehold — a Monmouth County institution and a name that comes up every time this conversation happens in New Jersey. Our thanks to Matt and Katie there who recently sent a box of creamy treats over to the NJ 101.5 crew through Kylie Moore. Jersey Freeze has clearly earned its reputation.
One more stop to add
Just up Route 31 in Pennington sits the Cream King. Drove past it back in January when New Jersey was locked in a deep freeze — the parking lot buried in snow, the picnic tables stacked and covered, the place completely shut down and surrounded by the kind of cold that makes an ice cream stand look almost poetic.
Well. Spring is here. The only freezing happening at Cream King now is inside their freezers. And soon enough — melting in our bellies.
Kyle — consider this your advance notice. We are going.
Awesome one-of-a-kind old school eatery in South Jersey
Gallery Credit: Dennis Malloy
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