Karen Read pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe and is facing a retrial after a jury was unable to reach a verdict last year.

A retired Canton police lieutenant was subject to sharp questioning about the handling of evidence in the Karen Read case on Monday.

A paramedic had testified the officer overheard Read say “I hit him” at the scene. “He did not, no,” Gallagher said. Paul Gallagher said Canton police Sgt. Mike Lank went to the kitchen ar ...

We’re securing that scene.” Gallagher also said he and Lank were the only two officers who would have had access to the area where the Canton Police Department kept the swabs in question.

Jurors heard the 911 call Jennifer McCabe placed after finding John O'Keefe's body, and the defense began its cross-examination.

McCabe told Read lawyer Alan Jackson she had reached out by phone to Michael Lank, the Canton police sergeant whom ... who suggested you reach out to Officer Lank,” Jackson said.

Read stood trial last year, charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash causing the death of O’Keefe, her boyfriend and an officer in the Boston Police ...

But the minute I remember, she said 'I hit him, I hit him, I hit him,' I called Officer Lank ... Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm ...

In fact, that police officer, Matthew Farwell ... "This guy didn't throw a Dunks cup in the trash." Canton Police Sergeant Michael Lank, who McCabe testified repeatedly in Read's trial was ...