Karen Read 's legal team is accusing Boston's top police official of being "caught in a lie" over comments he made about the case.

In a letter addressed to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the Massachusetts POST Commission, attorney Alan Jackson claims that Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox lied about his knowledge concerning a witness in the case - former Boston Police Officer Kelly Dever.

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Jackson alleges that Cox publicly denied knowing anything about Dever or the Read case in July 2025, despite being informed of his officer's connection as early as February 2024. This revelation is, according to Jackson, based on newly obtained emails from the FBI’s Boston Field Office to Cox on February 22, 2024. Jackson fur

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