{"id":81999,"date":"2023-10-11T18:43:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/confrontational-blogger-turtleboy-hit-with-witness-intimidation-charge-in-ma-homicide-case-81999"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:43:51","slug":"confrontational-blogger-turtleboy-hit-with-witness-intimidation-charge-in-ma-homicide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/confrontational-blogger-turtleboy-hit-with-witness-intimidation-charge-in-ma-homicide-case-81999","title":{"rendered":"Confrontational blogger &#8216;Turtleboy&#8217; hit with witness intimidation charge in MA homicide case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A confrontational blogger known as &#8220;Turtleboy&#8221; was charged Wednesday with witness intimidation and conspiracy related to a criminal case against a woman accused of running over and killing her boyfriend, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston police officer<\/a>, with her vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Aidan Timothy Kearney wore a hoody emblazoned with the message &#8220;Free Karen Read&#8221; when he was led handcuffed into a courthouse to be arraigned on multiple counts of intimidation of a witness, juror or law enforcement official, and a single count of conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Kearney, who pleaded not guilty, was released on personal recognizance \u2014 with a requirement that he not have contact with people tied to Read&#8217;s murder case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/manhunt-underway-third-suspect-massachusetts-shooting-led-death-baby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR THIRD SUSPECT IN MASSACHUSETTS SHOOTING THAT LED TO DEATH OF BABY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saying his client &#8220;vehemently denies&#8221; the accusations, Kearney&#8217;s lawyer told the judge Wednesday that Kearney&#8217;s opinions were protected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/personal-freedoms\/first-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The charges in Stoughton District Court stemmed from Kearney&#8217;s advocacy on behalf of Read, who&#8217;s accused of running over her boyfriend, John O\u2019Keefe, and leaving him unconscious on the lawn of a home in Canton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southwest of Boston<\/a>, in January 2022. Read is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while impaired and leaving the scene of an accident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/massachusetts-woman-who-called-fake-bomb-threat-boston-childrens-hospital-pleads-guilty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN WHO CALLED IN A FAKE BOMB THREAT AT BOSTON CHILDREN\u2019S HOSPITAL PLEADS GUILTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The case has spun off conspiracy theories on social media and Read&#8217;s attorney alleged there was a coverup involving local and state police.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Fall River attorney Kenneth Mello, the special prosecutor appointed to look into Kearney&#8217;s actions, read aloud messages Kearney allegedly sent to witnesses and investigators, saying they were aimed at harassing, threatening and intimidating. He also said Kearney received material from a police dispatcher who illegally accessed a motor vehicle database.<\/p>\n<p>In August, District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey took the unusual step of releasing a video statement in which he condemned &#8220;absolutely baseless&#8221; harassment and vilification of witnesses in the matter. &#8220;Innuendo is not evidence,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/confrontational-blogger-turtleboy-witness-intimidation-charge-ma-homicide-case\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/confrontational-blogger-turtleboy-witness-intimidation-charge-ma-homicide-case <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A confrontational blogger known as &#8220;Turtleboy&#8221; was charged Wednesday with witness intimidation and conspiracy related to a criminal case against a woman accused of running [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-81999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Confrontational blogger &#039;Turtleboy&#039; 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