Crystal Rogers Murder Trail: Kentucky Jury Seeks Max Sentence for for Houck, Lawson
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July 2, 2025
BREAKING: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Found NOT GUILTY of Federal Sex Trafficking and Racketeering; Convicted on Prostitution Charge
A New York jury found Sean “Diddy” Combs not guilty of federal sex trafficking and racketeering Wednesday, following two days of deliberations. According to NBC News, the jury did, however, convict Combs on “the Mann Act transportation of former girlfriends,” involving Cassie Ventura and a woman referred to as “Jane.” The Washington Post reported that …
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June 16, 2025
VERDICT WATCH: Jury Deliberations Resume in Karen Read Murder Trial, Accused of Killing Boston Police Officer Boyfriend, John O’Keefe
Jurors resumed deliberations Monday in the Karen Read trial, who stands accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe. On Monday, at the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Judge Beverly Cannone verified that jurors had not received any information about the case over the weekend before sending them to deliberate. As CrimeOnline previously …
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June 13, 2025
VERDICT WATCH: Jury Deliberations Underway in Karen Read Murder Trial, Accused of Killing Boston Police Officer Boyfriend, John O’Keefe
Attorneys delivered closing arguments Friday in the retrial of Massachusetts woman Karen Read, accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Read, a 45-year-old former adjunct professor, has pleaded not guilty in connection with O’Keefe’s death. Prosecutors accused Read of hitting O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV during a snowstorm …
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June 12, 2025
Mistrial Declared on Final Count in Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Assault Retrial
The retrial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in New York ended on Thursday with a conviction, an acquittal, and a mistrial after weeks of testimony. Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of rape and criminal sexual assault, but the state’s highest court overturned the conviction last year, saying that accusers who were not part of …
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June 12, 2025
‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell Found Guilty for 3rd Time
An Arizona jury deliberated for 30 minutes on Thursday before finding Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband in 2019. It’s the third jury to find the so-called “cult mom” guilty of serious crimes. An Idaho jury convicted her in the deaths of two of her children and her fifth husband’s …
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June 6, 2025
Jury Takes 20 Minutes to Find Maxwell Anderson Guilty of Killing and Dismembering Sade Robinson
A Wisconsin jury deliberated for about 20 minutes before returning a guilty verdict for a man accused of killing a 19-year-old woman and distributing her body parts at several locations near Milwaukee. Maxwell Anderson, son of a prominent insurance executive, was found guilty of first degree homicide, mutilating a corpse, arson, and hiding a corpse …
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June 6, 2025
Karen Read Murder Trial: Crash Analysis Expert Challenges Prosecution’s Analysis on SUV Taillight Damage
Testimony resumed Friday in Karen Read’s murder retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Massachusetts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors alleged that Read, 45, intentionally backed her Lexus SUV into her boyfriend, Boston police Officer John O’Keefe, in a drunken rage early January 29, 2022, after dropping him off outside a home on Fairview Road in …
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June 2, 2025
Karen Read Murder Trial: Dog Bite Expert Says Holes in Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe’s Shirt Were Consistent with Dog Attack
A retired ER doctor and former medical director took the stand Monday in Karen Read’s murder retrial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Read, 45, a former adjunct professor at Bentley University, faces second-degree murder and other charges related to the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Prosecutors alleged that Read hit O’Keefe with …
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May 30, 2025
Crystal Rogers Case: Steve Lawson Found Guilty of Conspiracy, Tampering With Evidence
The first trial in connection with the murder of a Kentucky mom who disappeared in 2015 has ended less than a week after it started, with a jury finding Steven Lawson guilty of conspiracy to murder and tampering with physical evidence. The jury, which deliberated about 2 1/2 hours before returning the verdict, recommended 17 …
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May 28, 2025
Karen Read Murder Trial: Crash Resconstruction Expert Continues Testimony Under Cross-Examination
A crash reconstructionist returned to the stand Wednesday in Karen Read’s second murder. Read is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by running him over with her Lexus SUV. She’s currently on trial at the Norfolk Superior Court in Massachusetts. Crash reconstruction expert Judson Welcher endured cross-examination Wednesday from Read’s defense …
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May 7, 2025
‘You are f***ng using me right now’: Jurors Hear Explosive Voicemails in Karen Read Murder Trial; She Called Officer Boyfriend 44 Times Before His Death
Massachusetts jurors heard a series of profanity-laced voicemails Tuesday that Karen Read left for her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, in the early morning hours of January 29, 2022—the same day prosecutors say she struck and killed him with her SUV. According to CBS News, prosecutors played the messages during the tenth day of …