Charlie McKenna

1 week ago | thesunchronicle.com | Charlie McKenna

The poll was conducted by the firm Opinion Diagnostics and surveyed 1,170 Norfolk County residents who "meet the qualifications to be selected as jurors," between 5 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, the hours immediately after the verdict. Of those surveyed, 93% said they had heard about the case, and about two-thirds said they had followed the trial somewhat closely, not closely or not at all. MassLive.com is a news partner of The Sun Chronicle. To subscribe, visit masslive.com/subscribe.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Charlie McKenna

A poll conducted in the hours after Karen Read was acquitted of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, showed widespread support for Read among eligible jurors in Norfolk County and distrust of local institutions. The poll was conducted by the firm Opinion Diagnostics and surveyed 1,170 Norfolk County residents who “meet the qualifications to be selected as jurors,” between 5 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, the hours immediately after the verdict.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Charlie McKenna

A 15-year-old boy died at a hospital this week after being shot outside an Allston home, Boston police said. Police went to 17A Gordon St. in Allston around 8:10 p.m. on June 12 for a report of a person shot, the department said in a statement. Arriving officers found a 15-year-old boy outside 7 Pomeroy St., about 100 feet away, suffering from a gunshot wound. The boy was taken to a hospital and died days later, on June 17, police said. The cause and manner of his death is pending, police said.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Charlie McKenna

In their first television interview since John O’Keefe’s death in 2022, members of two prominent Canton families are addressing Karen Read’s acquittal on all charges related to O’Keefe’s death at the end of her retrial on Wednesday. Brian Albert, who owned the home O’Keefe was found dead outside of, his wife, Nicole, and brother Chris, as well as his sister-in-law, Jennifer McCabe and her husband Matt, all spoke to ABC News in an interview released Friday.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Charlie McKenna

A deliberating juror in the Karen Read retrial told the Today Show Friday morning she is confident the panel made the right decision when it acquitted Read of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. Read, 45, was acquitted on all but a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence after eight weeks of testimony and four days of jury deliberations.