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Karen Read supporters, critics clash outside court as jurors fail to reach verdict in police officer's death
Karen Read trial draws large groups of spectators
Read, facing charges in the death of her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, is getting support and dissent from people who are virtually tailgating outside the courthouse. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid for Fox News Digital)
Supporters and critics of Karen Read, on trial for the murder of John O’Keefe, her onetime Boston Police officer boyfriend, clashed Friday outside a Massachusetts courthouse where jurors failed to reach a verdict in the case.
“Free Karen Read!” supporters shouted as detractors held signs that said “Rot in Jail” and “Guilty.”
“You look at the evidence, the fact that the laws of physics dictate that he wasn’t touched by a car,” a supporter of Read, 44, told Fox News Digital Friday.
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“You have both the state’s (medical examiners) saying that the injuries were not due to a car accident, and then you have two forensic pathologists that’s for the defense also saying the same thing. The fact that this was brought to trial is ridiculous.”
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Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. (Boston Police Department via AP)
One of her critics, holding a sign that said “Karen Read Killed a Man,” told Fox News Digital, “I feel like in the criminal justice system there never is a smoking gun. There shouldn’t be. It’s the totality of evidence that either exonerates or incriminates someone, and the totality of the evidence points to Karen Read and no one else, from her vehicle data to the victim’s GPS data, to the taillight near the scene, to the taillight in his clothing. The DNA results. Everything points to Karen.”
A Karen Read supporter holding a sign. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid.)
Read’s critics claim some of her supporters have harassed O’Keefe’s family.
“Every day, these witnesses are getting death threats. It is just disgusting to John’s memory,” Julie Guinto told reporters outside the courthouse.
A Karen Read supporter stands outside the courthouse Friday holding a sign. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid.)
Her supporters are blaming police “corruption.”
“This is unbelievable. The poor woman has been framed,” Michael Ward told reporters. “This not only hasn’t been proven, but what’s been proven is she’s innocent.”
A “Free Karen Read” sign on a car. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid.)
Read is accused of angrily plowing into O’Keefe, 46, with her SUV while drunk in January 2022 and leaving him to die in the snow.
Karen Read leaving the courthouse. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid.)
Critics of Karen Read gather outside the courthouse in Dedham, Mass., on Friday. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid for Fox News Digital)
KAREN READ MURDER TRIAL DASHCAM EMERGES FROM NIGHT OF POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND’S DEATH
Jurors — six men and six women — in the two-month trial are expected to return for a fifth day of deliberations in the Dedham courtroom outside Boston Monday after failing to reach a verdict Friday in the case that has drawn national attention.
Read’s defense team has argued she was framed by colleagues of O’Keefe who killed him and dumped his body.
Karen Read supporter outside the courthouse. (Patriot Pics/Backgrid.)
Many of Read’s supporters have shown up every day of her trial, but Friday was the first day they were confronted by those who believe she’s guilty.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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New Hampshire
Concord City Manager Receives ‘Satisfactory’ Review, 2.5% Raise, But Sabbatical Request Gets Trimmed
Schultz said she “highly respects” Aspell, too, but there was a “dissonance between reality” when eyeing what the public and city employees were earning.
Ward 6 City Council Aislinn Kalob, too, would not be voting for the increase, saying it had been “heavily on my mind since we’ve had our nonpublic sessions,” which lasted about six hours of work. She appreciated Kretovic clearly outlining the job of city manager. But people were frustrated with the city manager, and she saw that in the comments in online forums.
“I do feel, after really digging into this, and learning about his job,” she said, “and thinking toward the future when, eventually, at some point, somebody new will be sitting in that seat, we are the ones who direct policy and he is the one that implements it… there is anger out there that should be directed more toward us.”
Kalob said, too, a room full of firefighters, upset about their contract, also made voting for the wage increase something she could not consider.
Michele Horne of Ward 2 echoed similar concerns to Schultz, saying there was significant “wage disparity” between the public and staff and the city manager. She also agreed with Kalob’s point that previous councils created this contract.
A New Jersey high school teacher faces charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Jesse Heubel, 37, of Englishtown teaches at Freehold Township High School.
Monmouth County prosecutors say Heubel has been charged in multiple municipalities, including Freehold Township, Englishtown, Manalpan Township and Red Bank, because those are the locations where the alleged sexual acts took place.
Heubel has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree sexual assault in each of the four municipalities.
Authorities said the alleged criminal conduct began back in November of 2025, and the victim is under 18 years old.
Heubel turned himself in.
Authorities ask anyone who may have additional information about Heubel’s alleged activities to call police at (732) 431-7160 or (732) 462-7908.
CBS News New York has reached out to Heubel’s defense attorney for comment.
A Pennsylvania man who brought a gun and other weapons to a rally in West Chester last year has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars.
A federal judge sentenced Kevin Krebs, 32, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possessing unregistered explosive devices, officials announced Tuesday.
Krebs was arrested on June 14, 2025, in the area of North High Street in West Chester, near a “No Kings” protest against President Trump’s deportation policies and other actions by his administration.
Police arrested Krebs with a fully loaded concealed Sig Sauer P320 handgun under a yellow raincoat, an M9 bayonet, a pocket knife, pepper spray, a ski mask and gloves. Court documents showed police also found an AR-15-style rifle on the floor of Kreb’s SUV. Investigators said Krebs did not have a concealed carry permit.
Investigators found over a dozen improvised explosive devices, including pipe bombs, at his home on Conestoga Road days after his arrest.
Krebs pleaded guilty to the federal charges in December.
A state case against Krebs is still pending.
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