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Send us a text Union Maine is a slice of Americana, a vestige of times past, the town was pulled into the twenty-first apparently by seventeen year old Devan Young. Its been reported that the crime scene, a 100 acre island within Crawford Pond, was a brutal one, with likely DNA transfer. Devan Young purportedly inserted himself into the investigation and attempted to lead Maine State Police away from the crime scene and Sunny's body. He was ultimately arrested and charged with murder, July 16...

Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2025

Send us a text Adam Lally had to explain his glaring incompetence in a murder case, unfortunately it was not in the Karen Read trial. The Norfolk County District attorney's office is both corrupt and incompetent. It is difficult to determine which crappy decision, lead to the intersection of incompetence and corruption, yet here we are. The NCDA's doesn't even have a professional case management system, which contributes to this ongoing fiasco, but the ADA's would not have the inc...

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

Send us a text What a ride it's been! The most corrupt trial in American history is over. Judge Bev openly put her thumb on the scale of justice, that is simply a fact. Will she be reprimanded? counseled? questioned? No, simply no. Will there be a blue ribbon commission of Massachusetts State Police? No they've stated they'll remedy the planting of evidence, through a citizens police academy? Did you just chuckle? This IS happening. Massachusetts corruption continues unabated. That is the tou...

Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025

Send us a text Karen Read found not guilty on 2nd degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident! She was found guilty of misdemeanor operating under the influence (of alcohol). The jury was attentive and asked several questions of the judge, they were dialed in, really couldn't ask for more. The jurors are taking media interviews and there are some commonalities- Trp. Bukenik came off as arrogant and petulant. The damage to John's arm, simply did not align with a car strike. Hank Brennan...

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025

Send us a text The Karen Read Case heads to the jury, What exactly have they retained? We'll know shortly, either way. Closing arguments were about what you'd expect. Allen Jackson, demolished the state's case from beginning to end. Hank Brennan, did a decent job in humanizing John to the jury, then Hank, proceeded to run from whatever evidence he had managed to produce. He tore into his own witnesses, including the medical examiner, a lot of question marks in his closing, he came across as w...

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2025

Send us a text Week 7-The Prosecution is struggling mightily, no witness to date has provided any overwhelming evidence of Karen Read’s guilt. Boston Patrol Officer Kelly Dever was a complete and utter disaster. She simply appeared to be lying, why is the only question. This witness actually used the words “False Memory” after saying she saw the Chief of police and ATF agent Brian Higgins for a long time, by themselves. What a S-Show! The week did not get any better for the prosecution as the...

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2025

Send us a text What a week in Norfolk County,Massachusetts! The prosecution concluded their case in chief. What exactly did they prove. It appears that the Commonwealth has NOT proven the intent factor in the second degree homicide charge. The forensic case against Karen Read is shaky at best. Dr Welcher, an accident re-constructionist was the last witness called by the Commonwealth, was simply not what they needed. He came off as every engineer at a house party, Know it all, dismissive...

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2025

Send us a text Ahhh, The week of May 23, 2025 were to begin, the brain surgeon straight from central casting, who would not rule out death by accident? The state medical examiner who refused to call the case a homicide, despite hearing all the information surrounding how John allegedly died? (She also could not rule out death by accident) How does the Judge allow a new report when witnesses have already testified to the original data? Massachusetts, that's how. Regardless the new report...

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

Send us a text Aiden Kearney's witness intimidation case appears to be in legal jeopardy, a witness has been implicated in conspiring with the elected D.A. and Jen Mcabe , a major witness in the Karen Read case. A bombshell affidavit was dropped by Turtleboy on Saturday morning, this document states among other things, That Katie Peter, was following Karen Read and Allen Jackson, around the seaport district, during the first trial and the witness to KP's behavior further stated, that KP threa...

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Send us a text What are the statistical odds of six "butt dials" occurring at the time of death during a homicide investigation? None of which went to voicemail? What are the odds two other witnesses (cops), butt dialed each other and left the line open for 22 seconds, with NO communication? It's ALL fugazi!! Let's hope justice prevails in Dedham Ma. This time!! WCVB-TV-https://bit.ly/4cSzYc3 Mass Live-https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/04/4-takeaways-from-karen-read-trial-texts-taillight-d...

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Send us a text A double homicide of armored car guards in 1994, revealed a professional crew of armed robbers from, Charlestown, Mass. The investigation that followed found an unrelenting string of bank and armored car robberies, that continued, even after this botched robbery that netted $500,000. The trial crushed the code of silence that the criminals had counted on, if it truly existed at all. The murder of two working class guards turned the local population against the crew. The trial w...

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025

Send us a text It begins! The retrial of Karen Read is underway, approximately 9-10 jurors have been seated so far. A full jury is likely to be seated this week. Judge Bev denied the defense motion for a police policy and procedure expert Mike Easter. The judge says that normal police procedure is within the common knowledge of laypersons? The third party culprit defense has been winnowed down to two potential culprits. Brian Albert and Brian Higgins. Colin Albert can no longer be consi...

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2025

Send us a text An unsolved double homicide from idyllic Rockport, Massachusetts in 1932 rocked eastern Massachusetts. Boston Confidential interviews Robert Fitzgibbon, author of Murder In Rockport, Terror in a small town. The depression struck hard on Cape Ann, the quarry business dissipated and double digit unemployment was the norm. On May 21, 1932 town tailor Arthur Oker was found murdered in his shop, the following Halloween a fellow congregant Augusta Johnson had threatened in church tha...

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2025

Send us a text In this episode the BCP covers the most frequently cited theories, including our own, What actually happened that fateful night of February 4, 2004? We cover some interesting facts, that are not typically discussed, the grand jury and several suspects. What happened that night in New Hampshire? Its become of of the most enduring mysteries in New England crime stories. This case can be solved! Please share this episode! The Disappearance of Maura Murray-Amazon-https://a...

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2025

Send us a text A flurry of motions with a sprinkling of missing witnesses, was on display in the Karen Read case last week. Aiden Kearney is listed as a Prosecution witness, while Allie McCabe is removed. Allie’s timeline seemingly proved too problematic for the state. Dighton Sgt. Barros was also left off the Prosecution witness list. Don’t worry, the Defense will call them both. The madness continues as we head for trial 2. Please Share this episode!! TB Daily News-https://bit.ly/4bQD3ZT Ne...

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

Send us a text The Heath Street gang has been a blight on the Bromley-Heath Housing project for decades, but a large scale raid in 2024, has decimated the gang. The gang's members were deadly, but not very smart. During one foray into murder, one Heath Street gang member, shot another, while the duo tried to kill a gang rival. Another member conducted a shooting, while on an ankle monitor for another felony, that's the level of intelligence that the FBI and other authorities were dealing with...

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

Send us a text How much weight will Judge Cannone give the new motion to dismiss for Extraordinary Government Misconduct? Will she dismiss the case? Probably not, but there will have to be some penalty. The motion is heavily redacted, at least on the Jury Tampering element, described by the defense. The motion also covers the inverted video in the sally-port and Brady violations pertaining to the video and Jen McCabe’s visit to Lt. Lank’s house, the day after John’s murder. This case is a mes...

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2025

Send us a text Kimberly had a host of issues, crack cocaine chief among them. She was trying to get her life in order, so her seven year old child could have a future. She was walking with a friend Halloween night, when a pack of gang members ran them both down and beat them with a tree branch, they were robbed of one dollar and then Kimberly suffered what can only be described as nazi level torture. Kim was stabbed and slashed over 130 times. stomped and kicked countless times, but that wasn...

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2025

Send us a text Three things you'd have to believe to find Karen Read guilty of murder! Have you ever wondered how in excess of 8 people, drove directly past the spot where the Commonwealth said John O'Keefe was lying in the snow? Brian Higgins a highly trained ATF, testified he pulled out and his jeeps's lights would have fully illuminated that very area, yet no body? C'mon. Jen Mcabe's infamous 2:27am "Hos long to die in the cold" google search. During a Daubert hearing, Richard Green reveal...

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2025

Send us a text Maura Murray 21, in 2004 was a junior, studying nursing at University of Massachusetts. She was a well liked, athletic student. On the surface Maura seemed to have it all figured out, however a deeper analysis would reveal multiple areas of concern. Just prior to her departure, Maura seemingly invented a situation with her sister, she later told professors that there was a death in the family, there had been no death. Investigators found her dorm room fully packed up, with a no...

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2025

Send us a text Karen Read’s defense team has indicated that they will file a motion to dismiss the second degree murder case against Karen Read. The defense team highlights new issues with sallyport video, previously sallyport video had been found to have been inverted, new video depicts Brian Higgins at the sallyport, talking on his cell phone, he previously testified, that he was home at that time. Don't forget that previous video handed over by the Commonwealth was missing the crucia...

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

Send us a text Ray Patriarca was a complete hellion on the streets of Providence RI. He was named public enemy #1 in 1938. He was accused as an accessory to murder, armed robbery and an assortment of crimes. His boss got jacked up in a tax beef and Raymond assumed the big seat. He ruled the underworld with an iron fist and he oversaw the most profitable era in New England history. "The Man" moved operations to the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, its remained there since 1952. Don't m...

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

Send us a text Some new revelations and some old "gems". The newly revealed 2:22am phone conversations between Brian Albert and Brian Higgins occurred was revealed, what was the topic of conversation? Because no one knew that John O'Keefe was injured / dead. The condition of the body. A six thousand pound SUV struck John going twenty-four miles an hour, yet there is no bruising, no broken bones. Does that make actual sense? The taillights. Karen leaves John's house at 5:08am, she depa...

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2025

Send us a text In 2005 Boston was a different city, we were on the cusp of 75 murders and most of them occurred in two areas of the city. In the mist of this, a group of music lovers started a rap group and unfornetley they fell into the trap of urban -rap tradition of playing with illegal firearms. In this case a 9mm pistol with glow in the dark sights, a Mossburg pump shot gun, an Ak-47 like rifle. a '"friend" saw his buddy flashing the glock and soon, desired it. He asked to see the...

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2025

Send us a text 1997-Charles Jaynes is likely the most infamous murderer in modern Massachusetts history. Jaynes and his codefendant Sal Sicari groomed ten year old Jeffery Curley. The duo then murdered the child and defiled his body multiple times. DNA and a host of other evidence ties both defendants to a throughly heinous crime. Massachusetts came one vote shy of restoring the death penalty, that's how vile this crime was. The media coverage was gauged to be akin to the OJ Simps...

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2025

Send us a text This story should be a typical American dream chronicle. A child is brought to America, she overcomes adversity through hard work. She left for college only to return to her adopted city. She worked at and managed local non-profits and soon ran for political office. She was elected to the Boston City Council in 2021 and reelected in 2023. So what happened? The majority of Bostonians were not aware that Tania Fernandes, married a convicted 1st degree murderer. The inmate, Tanze...

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2024

Send us a text John comes of age during the Irish gang war and was soon a full time gangster. John was living the life, he was making money and his status in the underworld was rising. He mostly stayed neutral in the Irish war, but he was running with Joe "The Animal" Barboza and Jimmy "The Bear" Flemmi. These two were simply killing machines and that continued unabated. John committed his first of many murders at age twenty-four. He was fully manipulated by Stevie Flemmi into committing the ...

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2024

Send us a text Ronald Brown was just sentenced to 100 years in prison, Yes, in Massachusetts. This crime story is utterly horrific. Mr. Brown is the reason of prisons. During Mr. Brown's latest rampage in 2016, he raped one roommate and sexually assaulted another. He forced one victim to shower to eliminate forensic evidence, during this time he insulted her ethnicity. Thankfully Mr. Brown is a dunce and left a prescription bottle with his name and address on the bottle. Brown's backpack co...

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2024

Send us a text In 2002 Ally Zapp had a great date night on Boston Harbor. She went on a charity cruise and then a concert on the waterfront. She headed back toward Newport, Rhode Island. She stopped at a Burger King located in a rest stop on Route 24. Ally ran into a vile, convicted sex offender-rapist. Paul Leahy was 39yrs old and had 24 convictions on his record, including rape. Leahy cornered Ally in the ladies room and over nine minutes, he stabbed her countless times, as she begged, repe...

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2024

Send us a text How do citizens defend against a powerful DA, who uses a "burner"account to direct judges and court administrators? You can't. As Turtrleboy prepared for trial it was revealed that District Attorney Micheal Morrissey, had been using an email that was not subject to public records law. The Karen Read defense team has also filed a motion to investigate this burner account, it's unlikely that the email, voicing the DA's displeasure in Chris Albert being denied a harassment order, ...

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2024

Send us a text Henri Gutierrez came to the United States illegally in 2014, he joined the brutal gang MS 13 and was arrested a short time later for carrying large knives, several times, his deportation would have saved two lives, why was he allowed to remain? Gutierrez went on to brutally murder two immigrants and terrorized others. Federal authorities believed that Henri was not a member of MS 13, despite several tattoos indicating he was deeply involved in the gang, one tattoo simply stated...

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2024

Send us a text What was going on in the Saco, Maine area in the late 90's? 15 yr old Ashley Ouellette, was found strangled and placed on the center line of a busy roadway in the early morning hours of February 9, 1999. Tony Torres went missing less than three months later. One individual connected both cases. Just prior to Tony's disappearance, he had bluntly told his parents that he knew who had killed his friend Ashley. The connection between the two cases is a shady individual named...

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2024

Send us a text 25 years have past since 15yr old Ashley Ouellette, told mom she was at a girlfriend's sleep over, she lied, there was in fact a party. Ashley was missing a boy she had an unhealthy relationship with, Steve Sanborn. She made her way to his house, but he apparently wasn't interested, his brother had been at the party and they likely reunited at the house, post party. Steve claims to have never seen, Ashley that night, but his brother Dan Sanborn, certainly did. Dan was likely th...

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2024

Send us a text In one of the most heart wrenching stories in New England crime history, in 1976 Andy Puglisi, went to a neighborhood pool, located in Lawerence, Massachusetts and was never heard from again. A man had been taking Polaroid pictures of kids at the pool for several weeks. Andy had given his mother one. Andy disappeared and despite thousands searching, he was not found. Two weeks later, a notorious pedophile, Wayne Chapman was arrested in Waterloo, NY. He possessed several childre...

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2024

Send us a text Phillip Chism, committed one of the most heinous crimes in Massachusetts history. He raped and brutally murdered his high school teacher Colleen Ritzer in picturesque Danvers, Massachusetts. Chism's defense claims the exclusion of brain scan evidence at trial, is grounds for appeal. Chism is a Ted Bundy level sexual predator and regardless, this guy will be released in his 50's. If his appeal is successful, he'll be out at 39. Do you want your daughter sitting next to this guy ...

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2024

Send us a text The innocent men the FBI had knowingly imprisoned began getting out of jail in 1997, as this heinous story unraveled. Greco and Tamelo died in prison. H.Paul Rico retired from the FBI and became head of security for World Jai Lai, a gaming business, where he had the distinction of being the first FBI agent to provide information to organized crime that facilitated a homicide. The Winter Hill Gang had placed Rico as head of security to protect a skimming operation that net...

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2024

Send us a text Robert Devine rose through the ranks at the Stoughton Police Department, he re-invigorated the Police Explorers program, the program, soon became a breeding ground for sexual abuse, that ensnared Sandra Birchmore. The program became an actual cornucopia of abuse. Documents suggest that Devine, Off. Matt Farwell, and his twin brother Off. William Farwell, all had sex with Sandra Birchmore at varying times and places, despite loving families at home. Matt Farwell has been charged...

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2024

Send us a text Apparently there are no competent homicide prosecutors in Norfolk's County's District Attorney's office! Elected DA Mike Morrissey has inexplicably hired a "Special Prosecutor" to retry Karen Read for 2nd degree murder. Are there no prosecutors willing to take this S-sandwich of a case? No one is prepared to commit career suicide perhaps? There is NO confidence in Adam Lally and his second chair. Hank Brennan, Whitey Bulger's defense attorney has been selected to retry Karen Re...

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2024

Send us a text Sandra Birchmore’s homicide is a case for the ages in Metro Boston. She had a difficult life growing up, suffering the death of two close relatives in rapid succession. Sandra’s mother encouraged her to join the Stoughton Police Department Explorers program. The sexual grooming process allegedly began almost immediately. The next step in the process was physical, Patrol Officer Matthew Farwell’s texts to Sandra have been released with his indictment for her homicide. They are s...

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2024

Send us a text The 1994 Movie Natural Born Killers, spurred many real life nightmares. Michael Freeman 21, of leafy Avon, Massachusetts, was apparently easily influenced. He recruited two dim witted friends Leonard Stanely 21, of Easton,Ma. and Patrick Morse 19, of Middleboro for murder. The mayberry-like town of Avon, would never be the same. Natural born killer or simple Shitbird? Those choices seem to sum up Michael Freeman of Avon, Massachusetts, he was never any good, not really. The go...

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2024

Send us a text One of the saddest cases in recent memory. Sandra Birchmore joined the Stoughton, Mass police explorers program at 13-14. Sandra's family had been looking for a positive male role model, for thirteen year old Sandra. She had a difficult home life and the family thought they had found, that role model, with the leader of the explorers program. Sgt. William Devine had been tasked with making the program work for local kids. Reportedly, the explorers went off the rails quickly. Sa...

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2024

Send us a text Several jurors contacted the defense and prosecution with basically the same story. The jury had voted UNANIMOUSLY to acquit on the murder and leaving the scene of an accident, charges. Somehow that intent did not make it to the jury form? Judge bee did not poll the jury, denied the defense an opportunity to do so. 4-5 jurors have now come forward. The real question is how did this fumble happen? the Commonwealth and the Judge are strangely incurious. This specfic issue is simp...

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2024

Send us a text Keith Luke 22, appeared to be a somewhat conflicted white supremacist, he claimed to have committed this murderous act over racial animosity, however in the days before this madness, he tried, persistently to date at least two women of color. His racism seemed to be a symptom of him being an "incel", involuntary celibate. He had approached three women at a Planet Fitness in Brockton and basically asked to be in an immediate relationship with Selma Goncalves, she naturally rebuf...

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2024

Send us a text Don't miss this interview! Boston Confidential was fortunate enough to snag an interview with Jess Machado, of the Fall River Reporter. We cover a great deal of the Karen Read Trial. Jess, was in the court room most days and was up close and personal, watching jurors and their reactions to testimony. She also discusses the oddest harassment, that occurred outside the courthouse. Jess's assailant is a well know, chump, that haunts the area outside the court. A strange story, let...

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2024

Send us a text Local authorities believe that Attorney Gary Zerola, raped and or sexually assaulted more than 20 women, since the 1990's. Zerola, was just convicted of rape and burglary, he was sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. This sentence comes on the heels of him, beating two separate rape trials, previously. Zerola's M.O. Gary flirts with pretty, young girls ply's them with tremendous amounts of alcohol. He then implies to the women, "It is time to pay him back" The story is as old as t...

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2024

Send us a text A shocking outcome for the Karen Read Trial, A hung jury! How could this happen?There are many issues to investigate, what was the split among jurors? What more would it have taken for a unanimous verdict? The sad reality is that the system is broken, when an obviously corrupted case made it to the jury. This verdict is a real head scratcher. Make NO mistake the State would do this same thing to you and yours! TB Daily News-https://bit.ly/45XP1xv New Yorker -https://bit.ly/3RX...

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2024

Send us a text It appears we may have a deadlocked jury on the Karen Read case. It has been reported that one juror had been visibly crying, but no further information was forthcoming. Would the State of Massachusetts retry Karen Read, in light of a pending federal investigation? Some law enforcement witness would likely have been arrested by the time a new trial rolled around. Here is a news flash MASSACHUSETTS IS CORRUPT! Share this episode! Court TV Alan Jackson's closing https://bit.ly/3...

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2024

Send us a text Aidan's covers the current state of his drummed up witness intimidation case. 16+ counts of intimidation, some of which are against, armed state troopers, and asking witnesses to tell the truth (news flash they didn't). We also cover the Karen Read case up until last week. Strap in this is a good one. TB News-https://bit.ly/4bjOUO1 Attorney Bedew on Young Jurks-https://bit.ly/3RAUX9J X-bcpbeantown [email protected]

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2024

Send us a text Some of the most alarming testimony in this case was revealed, as Trooper Michael Proctor was called by the prosecution. He had called Karen Read some of the most sexist and derogatory names, via text to his high school friends and to his superiors at the Massachusetts State Police. At times, there was audible gasps from the jurors. The defense absolutely destroyed TPR. Proctor, in every way imaginable. Problems of chain of custody persisted . Proctor NEVER apologized to Karen ...

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2024

Send us a text We finally had a State Police Trooper on the stand, But it was not lead detective Proctor. We also had some Mass State Police forensic techs on the stand, Adam Lally seemingly wanted to bore the jury to sleep and he was largely successful. One of the scientists appeared near tears when she had to name Detective Proctor. We ended the week with some excitement from Yuri Bukhenik. The Commonwealth put on a video that illustrated the MSP’s work inside the CPD Sallyport, all seemed ...

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2024