June 18 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts jury on Wednesday found Karen Read not guilty of murdering her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, in 2022, almost one year after another trial ended in a hung jury.
In Dedham, near Boston, the jurors found her guilty of operating under the influence of liquor, and Judge Beverly Cannone sentenced her to one year's probation for a first-time offense. Read was acquitted of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene after an accident.
Read, 45, embraced her legal team and cried after the verdict. She had faced the possibility of life in prison if convicted of murdering John O'Keefe
Defense attorney David Yannetti, who has represented Read since she was arrested, appeared to wipe away tears.
"No one has fought harder for justice for John O'Keefe than I have -- than I have and my team," the Mansfield woman said after leaving the courthouse.
