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Karen Read's lawyers identify exact moment prosecution 'lost the case' in murder trial
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Karen Read’s attorneys revealed over the weekend the turning point at trial that they believe tanked special prosecutor Hank Brennan’s credibility in front of the jury.
“My immediate thought was, I think he just lost the case,” Read attorney David Yannetti told Canadian lawyer and podcaster Ian Runkle over the weekend. “My immediate thought was that was the biggest gift we could’ve been handed in this trial. I wasn’t concerned about, was it intentional? Was it an accident? Who knew about it? Etc. The optics were terrible. It allowed Alan [Jackson], in closing argument to sort of rattle off a litany of stuff that was suspect.”
He was talking about a misstep Brennan made while questioning defense expert Dr. Daniel Wolfe about holes in the victim’s sweatshirt – holes that a Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab technician put there.
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Karen Read gestures to supporters after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 in Dedham, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
“It appears that I made a mistake,” Brennan later told the judge.
The implication during questioning was that they might have been caused by a collision and Wolfe overlooked them. Jurors were later instructed that the holes came from forensic analysts.
“The one thing you don’t want to do something as a trial lawyer is to promise something and then not deliver – but more importantly, say something’s true and it turns out it wasn’t,” Yannetti said.
Jurors found Read not guilty of murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a deadly crash following two Massachusetts trials in the death of her former boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. They found her guilty of only a drunken driving charge, for which she will serve a year of probation.
“I was stunned that it occurred,” Robert Alessi, another of Read’s defense attorneys, told Runkle of the hoodie incident. “My heart broke for a moment, but it was a millisecond and I went into overdrive in regard to combating it.”
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He demanded a mistrial with prejudice after the gaffe. Judge Beverly Cannone denied his motion, but the defense plowed forward.
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“These charges, they were unjust – they were unwarranted – in my judgment,” Alessi said. “At the start of the retrial, once people were able to assimilate the evidence and understand it, my hope, even my expectation was the top-line charge should’ve been withdrawn.”
Officer John O’Keefe poses for his official portrait. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Reed, is currently on trial for murder after he was found dead outside a Massachusetts home in January 2022. (Boston Police Department)
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The state went too far on a shaky case, Alessi said, and he called on voters to enact reforms.
“Spoiler alert – there never was a collision,” he told Runkle.
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Karen Read is surrounded by reporters as she and her legal team leave the Dedham, Massachusetts, courthouse after the judge issued instructions to the jury in Read’s trial at Norfolk Superior Court on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
Several jurors have spoken out about how they reached their verdict, including two who were skeptical of the police investigation, which included storing blood samples in red Solo cups, mislabeled evidence bags and a fired lead investigator.
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Another juror, speaking with local WCVB-TV over the weekend, said she had gone into the case with an open mind but was leaning toward a guilty verdict before changing her mind over four days of deliberations.
“We’ve got a great democracy, and I am hopeful that the great people of this country that I love will take action, exercise the right to vote, stand up, be heard, and cause reform to be made,” Alessi added.
“And do it in a constructive way, a peaceful way, but an aggressive way.”
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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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