Migrant families staying in the overflow shelter at the Melnea A. Cass Recreation Center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood have been moved, Gov. Maura Healey said.
The families, Healey said, have been relocated to either a more stable housing…
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Wareham police officer injured in crash, other driver charged with OUI
A police officer and one other person were injured in a crash on Sunday night in Wareham, Massachusetts.
Wareham police said one of their officers was out on a motor vehicle stop on Cranberry Highway around 9 p.m. Sunday when the officer’s cruiser was struck from behind. The officer was seated in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Another Wareham officer was on location and saw the vehicle rear-end the cruiser, which was marked and had its emergency lights activated.
Wareham emergency medical services and Onset fire provided medical attention to the officer and the driver of the vehicle that struck the cruiser.
Both the driver, 24-year-old Cameron McPhee, of Plymouth, and the officer, whose name was not released, were taken by ambulance to Tobey Hospital. No updates were provided on the extent of their injuries.
McPhee was later charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, failure to move over for an emergency vehicle and possession of an open container of alcohol. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Wareham District Court.
Boston wins 4-3 in first game of professional women’s hockey championship
Jess Healey scored from the point late in the second period to lift Boston to a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Sunday night in the first game of the inaugural Walter Cup, the championship of the Professional Women’s Hockey League Championship.
The best-…
Body pulled from water in Brookline
A body was pulled from the water in Brookline, Massachusetts, early Monday morning, police said.
Officers responded to the Brookline Reservoir at about 5:38 a.m. for a report of a body floating in the water, Brookline police said.
The person, whose name wasn’t released, was pulled from the water and CPR was performed, according to authorities.
The person was taken to the hospital. Their condition wasn’t immediately known.
The incident remains under investigation.
Rich Shertenlieb launches new Boston sports radio talk show on WZLX
Rich Shertenlieb, former co-host of 98.5 The Sports Hub’s highly-rated morning radio show, launched his new sports radio talk show on classic rock station 100.7 WZLX-FM Monday morning.
The station announced earlier this month that Shertenlieb would replace Pete McKenzie and Heather Ford. McKenzie and Ford had co-hosted WZLX’s morning show since 2005 alongside Kevin Karlson, who died unexpectedly last year. WZLX is owned by iHeartRadio.
The 6-10 a.m. show will include a mix of co-hosts including former 98.5 The Sports Hub personalities Michael Hurley and Ted Johnson, the former New England Patriots linebacker, both of whom appeared on the show Monday. Shertenlieb said other regular contributors will include Mike Giardi, formerly of the NFL Network, NBC Sports Boston and NECN, and Charlotte Wilder, formerly of Sports Illustrated and currently a contributor to “The Dan LeBatard Show.”
“I’ve been looking forward to saying this for a while — I’m Rich Shertenlieb and you’re listening to ‘The Rich Shertenlieb Show’ on WZLX,” Shertenlieb said to kick off Monday’s show. “Boy, have I missed the hell out of you, and man do we have a lot to talk about.”
He also teased the return of some familiar segments from his 98.5 days, including audio of Celtics fans live from the street after last week’s series-clinching win over the Cavaliers, and funny 911 calls.
Shertenlieb left the popular “Toucher & Rich” morning radio show on 98.5 The Sports Hub late last year after a tumultuous period for the show. Rob “Hardy” Poole has since replaced Shertenlieb as Toucher’s co-host on 98.5. The new show is called “Toucher & Hardy.”
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Fourth week of testimony in Karen Read trial begins Tuesday. Here’s what we’ve learned so far
The Karen Read murder trial moves into its fourth week of testimony.
Jurors have the day off Monday, but will return to court Tuesday. That’s when Jennifer McCabe is expected to resume her testimony.
On Friday, McCabe testified that Read asked, “Did I hit him? Could I have hit him?” even before her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, was found on the ground outside of a Canton, Massachusetts, home.
McCabe also said that after paramedics arrived, the question turned into a statement, with Read saying repeatedly, “I hit him. I hit him. I hit him”
She also said Read asked her to Google about hypothermia once O’Keefe’s body was found.
Here’s a look back at the first three weeks of testimony in the case:
The prosecution: A tumultuous relationship turns deadly
Read, 44, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been charged with second-degree murder, among other charges, in the death of O’Keefe, 46. She has pleaded not guilty. The 16-year police veteran was found unresponsive outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer.
After a night out drinking at several bars, prosecutors say Read dropped O’Keefe off at a house party just after midnight. As she made a three-point turn, prosecutors say, she struck O’Keefe before driving away. She returned hours later to find him in a snowbank.
Prosecutors have put up witnesses who testified the couple had a stormy relationship before O’Keefe died and several first responders who recalled hearing Read say she hit O’Keefe.
The defense: Police are framing the suspect
Read’s lawyers have alleged that O’Keefe was beaten inside the home, bitten by a family dog and then left outside. They have portrayed the investigation as shoddy and undermined by the close relationship investigators had with the police and other law enforcement agents at the house party.
They argued that investigators focused on Read because she was a “convenient outsider” who saved them from having to consider other suspects.
The defense said police have not searched the house where they say the crime happened and that forensic teams never looked for trace or physical evidence there.
This week, they have tried to raise doubts about the integrity of the investigation, showing that many of the investigators and prosecution witnesses came from the suburban town where the crime happened and were either close friends or related.
They challenged Colin Albert, a witness who is the nephew of the homeowner and had been at the gathering, about his relationship with Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, who was investigating the case. Proctor interviewed Albert, despite the fact that they had known each other for most of Albert’s life and Albert had served as ring bearer at a Proctor family wedding.
Who else could have done it?
Through their questioning, the defense has started hinting that at least three people — Boston police detective and the homeowner where the body was found, Brian Albert, Colin Albert or Brian Higgins, a special agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who was with the group drinking that night — all had a motive and means to kill O’Keefe. They successfully argued ahead of the trial they should be able to present what is called third-party culprit evidence.
The defense tried this week to show that Brian and Colin Albert had the means to kill O’Keefe. They pressed Brian Albert on his past boxing experience and brought up the fact he was play fighting at the bar that night with Higgins – suggesting he was capable of actually fighting. They also questioned late night phone calls between Albert and Higgins that were made before the body was found. Albert said he must have “butt dialed” Higgins and does not remember a phone call that lasted for 20 seconds less than a minute later.
They also questioned Colin Albert about cuts on his hand that he said resulted from a fall on an icy driveway and from hitting a punching bag. They were also allowed to introduce videos showing Albert making unrelated verbal threats directly into a camera when he was a teenager. Albert said the threats involved a beef with a group of boys over girls that never resulted in a physical altercation.
Witness intimidation?
At least two witnesses last week detailed the toll that harassment from supporters of Read has taken on their family.
Allison McCabe, a good friend of Colin Albert, testified about text exchanges with him before she picked him up from the party. She also broke down as she explained that her family endured harassment in the months leading up to the trial from people online.
Albert also said his family has endured harassment for the past year mostly from people on social media calling his family murderers.
Neither witness singled out any person or people responsible for the alleged harassment.
Aidan Timothy Kearney, a blogger known as “Turtleboy,” has been charged with harassing, threatening and intimidating witnesses in the case.
For a look back at last week’s testimony, watch Friday night’s “Canton Confidential” special below:
