Aidan Kearney, the blogger behind “Turtleboy Daily News,” was arrested Wednesday morning on several counts of witness intimidation and one count of conspiracy related to his coverage of the murder case against Karen Read.
In recent months Kearney has covered the Read case extensively on his online blog, and has often attended Read’s pretrial hearings.
Read is accused of hitting Boston police officer John O’Keefe with her car outside of a home in Canton, Massachusetts, while under the influence of alcohol in January 2022, and is scheduled to go to trial on March 12, 2024.
The Read case has received widespread attention and scrutiny due to Kearney’s and Read’s defense team’s suggestions of a coverup.
In a video from NBC10 Boston reporter Eli Rosenberg, Kearney can be seen being led in handcuffs into the Stoughton District Court while wearing a “Free Karen Read” sweatshirt.
Kearney’s prosecution is being handled by special prosecutor Kenneth Mello.
Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, whose office is in charge of prosecuting Read, made the unusual move of releasing a video statement in August condemning the “absolutely baseless” harassment of witnesses.
In Wednesday’s arraignment hearing, Kearney’s lawyer argued that Kearney is a journalist with First Amendment rights, and that his blog and YouTube channel are his opinions, not threats, per NBC Boston.
Prosecutors in the case read from transcripts of Kearney’s videos and articles related to his “Canton Coverup” investigation.
Following the hearing, Kearney was released from custody on personal recognizance, with the judge ordering him not to contact anyone he is accused of intimidating by the charges filed against him Wednesday.
He is due back in court on Dec. 5.
<span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="22643 https://www.themainewire.com/?p=22643">4 Comments
These guys are learning from Garland and the Democrat Stasi FBI goon squad.
I’m sorry but as long as you have Republicans in office still not willing to tell the truth that the election steal is a lie they know it was an still is.. but America is full ppl who desperately want a dictatorship.. the fact they can’t determine right from wrong proves how crooked the Republicans are an how desperate they are they will continue to lie an twist facts… An live in a world created by fear of truth . I am so sick of purposely dumb ppl they choose a criminal an a blatant liar.. as DD… So so nasty…
Donna swafford thinks the party that wants to INCREASE the power of the executive branch, mandate medical interventions, increase the size and power of IRS and the party that starts wars in foreign countries- is the party that’s going to keep us out of a dictatorship. Good thing for Donna, they don’t require an IQ test to vote .
The information I just found out about regarding Turtleboy makes me absolutely sick. I listen to Stephanie in the morning and heard about what Turtleboy did to a parent trying to protect her daughter but Turtleboy turned it into something nasty for profit.
The complete article is here. Please consider reading it
Did Aiden Kearney (Turtleboy) just ruin the Karen Read case ?
https://karenreadma.wordpress.com/