DEDHAM, Mass. — A Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney and one of Karen Read’s lawyers provided contrasting descriptions of the secret documents the U.S. Attorney’s Office turned over last week from their probe of Read’s arrest and prosecution.
During a hearing for Read Monday in Dedham, defense attorney Alan Jackson said his team was still reviewing the 3074-page document dump, but he described the information he’s already examined as being favorable to Read.
Judge Beverly Cannone agreed to push back her trial from March 12 to April 16 to give both sides time to review the new findings.
“All of it is brand new. And all of it, your honor, appears to us to be exculpatory,” Jackson said about the federal findings. “We will be filing a motion for extraordinary governmental misconduct based on certain evidence that we just received,” he said.
In addition to filing a misconduct claim, Jackson said he plans to issue additional subpoenas based on the federal paperwork, but he didn’t provide the names of the individuals he plans to question.
Jackson told Judge Beverly Cannone he would be adding information from the federal probe to two existing motions she still needs to consider. One is a motion to dismiss the case, the other is a motion to disqualify and sanction the Norfolk DA.
The prosecution said it has reviewed all the evidence from the feds and Assistant D.A. Laura McLaughlin disputed the defense’s interpretation of it.
“I would say approximately 90% to 95% of the material that we’ve received is consistent with the Commonwealth’s theory of the case,” McLaughlin said in court. “The evidence, as a whole, is very consistent with prior statements made by witnesses.”
Jackson said the defense will need additional time to work on motions. Judge Cannone asked him to put the request in writing.
Judge Cannone also said that the Deputy U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has agreed to allow both sides to reference the federal findings in upcoming proceedings.
“The parties can make oral references to the contents in the materials and proceedings in this courtroom… only as necessary to further the proceedings,” Cannone said.
Fatal hit-and-run: Karen Read, 41, of Mansfield, Mass., is charged with manslaughter in the Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, death of Boston police Officer John O’Keefe. O'Keefe, 46, was off duty at the time of his death. (Boston 25 News, Boston Police Department)
Officer Killed Girlfriend Trial FILE - Karen Read sits in court during jury selection for her murder trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor'easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. Read's trial is scheduled to begin Monday, April 29. (David McGlynn//New York Post via AP, Pool,File) (David McGlynn/AP)
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Officer Killed Girlfriend Trial Karen Read, left, leaves Norfolk Superior Court with her attorney Alan Jackson, right, after the opening day of her trial, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
APTOPIX Officer Killed Girlfriend Trial Karen Read, right, is flanked by Massachusetts State Police while leaving Norfolk Superior Court after the opening day of her trial, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Officer Killed Girlfriend Trial Karen Read leaves Norfolk Superior Court after the opening day of her trial, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Officer Killed Girlfriend Trial FILE - Karen Read, of Mansfield, Mass., center, departs Norfolk Superior Court following a day of jury selection, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor'easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. Read's trial is scheduled to begin Monday, April 29. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (Steven Senne/AP)
Officer Killed Girlfriend Trial Karen Read leaves Norfolk Superior Court after the opening day of her trial, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
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Prosecutors have alleged that Read backed over her boyfriend, Officer John O’Keefe, and left him to die in a January 2022 blizzard in Canton. She is charged with second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision in connection with his death.
25 Investigates reported last week that a new filing from the prosecution indicated O’Keefe’s DNA was found on Read’s broken taillight and that testing found tiny pieces of taillight in his clothing were consistent with broken pieces from Read’s taillight.