February 11, 2025 • 6 mins
The state's highest court rules against Karen Read, a voter fraud case in Lawrence could be nearing the end, and a scare at the Brookline Police station. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News twenty nine. Sonny was snow on the way two
times this week. Ak you weather coming up on Laurie Kirby.
It's eleven o'clock. Thanks for being with us. We start
off with movement in the Karen Reid case. The state's
highest court has just denied the defense's appeal to have
(00:26):
two charges dropped, second degree murder and leaving the scene
of an accident resulting in death. WBC's Mike Macklin with
our top story.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Writing for the court, Justice Serge Georgia said the jury
in reads trial clearly stated during deliberations that they had
not reached a unanimous verdict on any of the charges
and could not do so. It was only after being
discharged that some individual jurors communicated a different supposed outcome,
contradicting their prior notes to the judge. It was those
(01:00):
notes that led Judge Beverly Canoni to declare a mistrial
and dismiss the jury in Reed's trial. The SJAC ruling
that post trial disclosures cannot retroactively alter the trial outcome,
either to acquit or convict Red is now looking at
being retried in April. Mike Macklin, WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
President Donald Trump threatens that all hell will break loose
if her Ma's delays releasing more hostages. Hammas says is
postponing the next round of hostage releases set for Saturday.
The militant group accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire terms.
Here's ABC's brit Clinet.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
A Hamas spokesperson, gave an interview with the Katari Al
Rabi Channel, and they said Trump's talk about his plan
to uproot our people from the Gaza Strip. The American
administration shares the responsibility for disrupting the agreement that was reached,
adding that we oppose the scenario of expelling the Palestinians.
So that does give an indication that there is some
(02:01):
kind of link between this delay and Trump's controversial comment.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Meanwhile, the King of Jordan heads to Washington today for
a White House meeting with President Trump. It comes just
days after the President presented plans for the United States
to take over a postwar redevelopment of the Gaza Strip.
The lines are ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill.
Many Americans have been scrambling to get in touch with
(02:27):
their representatives.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
So many people are calling their members of Congress, its
phone system has been jammed most days. North Carolina resident
George Gates has tried calling his two US senators several times.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I was not able to talk to an actual human being.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Actually, the last time I called, I did not even
get voicemail.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
The congressional phone system that normally handles a few dozen
calls permitted, is straining to keep up with more than
fifteen hundred calls permitted. Jim Chrysilli CBS News.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
The voter fraud case of Lauren City Council ear ed
Alina Santiago could soon reach a resolution. Saniago and another
resident in Lawrence named Jennifer Lopez will rained for fraud
about a year ago. The charges stem from alleged voter
fraud during the municipal elections of twenty twenty three. That
was the election in which Santiago won her seat. Now,
(03:18):
the Eagle Tribune says both women are schedule for lobby
conferences next month, where a judge we'll hear discussions on
potential please and sentences. Santiago declining to comment. We're in
the high twenties right now with some sun, and we
clot up by tonight, a little bit of snow moving
in across the shore line, and we're going to see
(03:39):
just a flurry in Boston, cold and bright here twenty
three tonight, tomorrow, cloud sun thirty four tomorrow night, and
a new system moves in with a potential for one
to three inches of snow. Let's go back to our
top story. The state's highest court rules against Karen Reid
and her defense, leaving all charges on the table when
(04:00):
she faces her second trial this spring over the death
of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. Now, the
jury was deadlocked in the first trial, and of course
the judge declared a mistrial in debtum. But afterwards jurors
came forward to say they were unanimous and deciding to
quit read on two of the more serious charges, murder
(04:22):
and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
So Reid's lawyers went back to court, arguing that retry
retrying read for those counts amounted to double jeopardy. So
here we go. The SJAC ruling today that the jurors
and their deliberations clearly stated they were not unanimous on
any charge, and saying something after the fact that was
(04:45):
different cannot change a trial's outcome. The retrial is set
for this April, and checking out the accounting habits of
the State House is turning out not to be so straightforward.
WBZ J. Willette with a story that we been following.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
The team of State Auditor Diana Desaglio meets with a
state Senate subcommittee today responding to lawmaker questions about the
voter approved ballot question authorizing Dezaglio to launch an investigation
into the inner workings of the State House aka Question one.
Lawmakers want to know more about potential constitutional violations, while
Dezaglio has repeatedly accused senators of violating the law by
(05:23):
not complying with the voters will. After all, a wopping
seventy two percent of voters wanted to go through with this.
Lawmakers in the House have already hired a legal team.
Desaglio wants ag Andrea Campbell to intervene or grants her
the ability to seek outside council as well. Jay Will
led WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Squad was called a Bomb's squad was called into the
Brookline police station yesterday after somebody brought in a replica grenade,
so there was a bit of a scare. They didn't
know was it live or not, so a section of
Washington's Street was temporarily shut down until they got the
bomb TECHQ in confirming no, it was not active. The
(06:02):
owner did confirm the grenade was actually a replica bought
at an Army Navy store. And gas is not getting any.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Cheaper across the country. Gas prices are rising. The Energy
Department reports regular unleaded is up about five cents in
the past week to a nationwide average of three point
thirteen a gallon, but that it's typical at this time
of the year gas prices begin rising. In fact, regular
unletted is six cents less today than it was a
year ago this time. And let's say the reasons for
(06:29):
the annual rise link back to seasonal demand refine remainenance
in the beginning of work to switch back over to
summer blends of gas. Alex Stone EBCNS.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Laurie Kirby. WBZ Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News twenty nine. Sonny was snow on the way two
times this week. Ak you weather coming up on Laurie Kirby.
It's eleven o'clock. Thanks for being with us. We start
off with movement in the Karen Reid case. The state's
highest court has just denied the defense's appeal to have
(00:26):
two charges dropped, second degree murder and leaving the scene
of an accident resulting in death. WBC's Mike Macklin with
our top story.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Writing for the court, Justice Serge Georgia said the jury
in reads trial clearly stated during deliberations that they had
not reached a unanimous verdict on any of the charges
and could not do so. It was only after being
discharged that some individual jurors communicated a different supposed outcome,
contradicting their prior notes to the judge. It was those
(01:00):
notes that led Judge Beverly Canoni to declare a mistrial
and dismiss the jury in Reed's trial. The SJAC ruling
that post trial disclosures cannot retroactively alter the trial outcome,
either to acquit or convict Red is now looking at
being retried in April. Mike Macklin, WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
President Donald Trump threatens that all hell will break loose
if her Ma's delays releasing more hostages. Hammas says is
postponing the next round of hostage releases set for Saturday.
The militant group accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire terms.
Here's ABC's brit Clinet.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
A Hamas spokesperson, gave an interview with the Katari Al
Rabi Channel, and they said Trump's talk about his plan
to uproot our people from the Gaza Strip. The American
administration shares the responsibility for disrupting the agreement that was reached,
adding that we oppose the scenario of expelling the Palestinians.
So that does give an indication that there is some
(02:01):
kind of link between this delay and Trump's controversial comment.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Meanwhile, the King of Jordan heads to Washington today for
a White House meeting with President Trump. It comes just
days after the President presented plans for the United States
to take over a postwar redevelopment of the Gaza Strip.
The lines are ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill.
Many Americans have been scrambling to get in touch with
(02:27):
their representatives.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
So many people are calling their members of Congress, its
phone system has been jammed most days. North Carolina resident
George Gates has tried calling his two US senators several times.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I was not able to talk to an actual human being.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Actually, the last time I called, I did not even
get voicemail.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
The congressional phone system that normally handles a few dozen
calls permitted, is straining to keep up with more than
fifteen hundred calls permitted. Jim Chrysilli CBS News.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
The voter fraud case of Lauren City Council ear ed
Alina Santiago could soon reach a resolution. Saniago and another
resident in Lawrence named Jennifer Lopez will rained for fraud
about a year ago. The charges stem from alleged voter
fraud during the municipal elections of twenty twenty three. That
was the election in which Santiago won her seat. Now,
(03:18):
the Eagle Tribune says both women are schedule for lobby
conferences next month, where a judge we'll hear discussions on
potential please and sentences. Santiago declining to comment. We're in
the high twenties right now with some sun, and we
clot up by tonight, a little bit of snow moving
in across the shore line, and we're going to see
(03:39):
just a flurry in Boston, cold and bright here twenty
three tonight, tomorrow, cloud sun thirty four tomorrow night, and
a new system moves in with a potential for one
to three inches of snow. Let's go back to our
top story. The state's highest court rules against Karen Reid
and her defense, leaving all charges on the table when
(04:00):
she faces her second trial this spring over the death
of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. Now, the
jury was deadlocked in the first trial, and of course
the judge declared a mistrial in debtum. But afterwards jurors
came forward to say they were unanimous and deciding to
quit read on two of the more serious charges, murder
(04:22):
and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
So Reid's lawyers went back to court, arguing that retry
retrying read for those counts amounted to double jeopardy. So
here we go. The SJAC ruling today that the jurors
and their deliberations clearly stated they were not unanimous on
any charge, and saying something after the fact that was
(04:45):
different cannot change a trial's outcome. The retrial is set
for this April, and checking out the accounting habits of
the State House is turning out not to be so straightforward.
WBZ J. Willette with a story that we been following.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
The team of State Auditor Diana Desaglio meets with a
state Senate subcommittee today responding to lawmaker questions about the
voter approved ballot question authorizing Dezaglio to launch an investigation
into the inner workings of the State House aka Question one.
Lawmakers want to know more about potential constitutional violations, while
Dezaglio has repeatedly accused senators of violating the law by
(05:23):
not complying with the voters will. After all, a wopping
seventy two percent of voters wanted to go through with this.
Lawmakers in the House have already hired a legal team.
Desaglio wants ag Andrea Campbell to intervene or grants her
the ability to seek outside council as well. Jay Will
led WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Squad was called a Bomb's squad was called into the
Brookline police station yesterday after somebody brought in a replica grenade,
so there was a bit of a scare. They didn't
know was it live or not, so a section of
Washington's Street was temporarily shut down until they got the
bomb TECHQ in confirming no, it was not active. The
(06:02):
owner did confirm the grenade was actually a replica bought
at an Army Navy store. And gas is not getting any.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Cheaper across the country. Gas prices are rising. The Energy
Department reports regular unleaded is up about five cents in
the past week to a nationwide average of three point
thirteen a gallon, but that it's typical at this time
of the year gas prices begin rising. In fact, regular
unletted is six cents less today than it was a
year ago this time. And let's say the reasons for
(06:29):
the annual rise link back to seasonal demand refine remainenance
in the beginning of work to switch back over to
summer blends of gas. Alex Stone EBCNS.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Laurie Kirby. WBZ Boston's news radio
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