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CRIME & SAFETY
Bribery, rape and contraband: NY corrections officer facing multiple charges
OGDENSBURG, N.Y. — A northern New York corrections officer is out of a job and facing several charges, including rape, bribery, and promoting prison contraband. New York State Police say they received word of these incidents on May 22. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision...
Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Boston police officer boyfriend’s death
A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm, a case that drew outsize attention thanks to true crime fanatics, conspiracy theorists and Read’s pink-shirted supporters.Read, a former adjunct professor at Bentley College, faced second-degree murder and other charges in the death of Officer John O’Keefe, a 16-year member of the Boston police who was found outside a Canton home of another Boston police officer in January 2022. An autopsy found...
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