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Weymouth school gym renamed for Police Sgt. Michael Chesna: ‘A fitting tribute'
A middle school gymnasium in Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been renamed for Police Sgt. Michael Chesna, around five years after he was killed in the line of duty. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Maria Weston Chapman Middle School gymnasium on Commercial Street at 4 p.m. Monday and included Superintendent Robert Wargo, Chief of Police Richard Fuller, members of the…
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New trial date set in case of man accused of killing Weymouth officer, elderly woman
A new trial date has been set for the man accused of killing a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, after a mistrial was declared in the case earlier this month. Emmanuel Lopes, accused of killing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams in 2018, went on trial in Norfolk Superior Court earlier this summer….
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Mistrial declared in murder case over Weymouth officer, woman killings
A mistrial was declared Monday in the murder case of the 2018 killings of a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Deliberations in the murder trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused of killing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams, had stretched over several weeks in Norfolk Superior Court. The jury, from Worcester County,…
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No verdict yet in trial over Weymouth officer, elderly woman killings
The jury deliberating murder charges in the 2018 killings of a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, was sent home Friday without having come to a verdict. Deliberations in the murder trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused of killing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams, began over a week ago, but the jury…
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Jury re-starts deliberations in killings of Weymouth officer, elderly woman
The jury deliberating the charges against a man accused of killing a police officer and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, five years ago had to restart its work on Wednesday after an alternate was brought in. It’s been a week since closing arguments wrapped in the murder trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused in the 2018 killings of…
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Still no verdict in Weymouth double murder trial
Jurors are deliberating the case against Emanuel Lopes, who is accused of the murders of Weymouth Police Officer Michael Chesna and resident Vera Adams.
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Still no verdict in case of man charged in killings of Weymouth officer, elderly woman
A man charged in a double shooting five years ago on the South Shore is still waiting to hear his verdict from a jury, as deliberations wrapped up Friday without a decision. Jurors spent Friday deliberating the charges in the trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused in the 2018 murders of a Massachusetts police officer and an elderly woman…
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Jury deliberating case of man charged with killing Weymouth officer, bystander
Jurors spent Thursday deliberating the charges in the trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused in the 2018 murders of a Massachusetts police officer and an elderly woman in the South Shore community of Weymouth. Closing arguments wrapped up on Wednesday, leaving the jury to decide the fate of 25-year-old Lopes. Lopes was just 20 in 2018, when he was…
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Jury mulls charges against man accused of killing police officer, elderly woman
Closing arguments concluded Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Massachusetts police officer and an elderly woman in 2018. Emanuel Lopes, 25, is accused of murdering Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams in July 2018, killings that shocked the South Shore community. Chesna left behind a wife and two young children. The jury began...
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Trial Begins in 2018 Killings in Weymouth
Emanuel Lopes was 20 years old when he allegedly killed Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and Vera Adams
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Trial begins in 2018 killings of Weymouth officer, elderly woman
The trial of a man accused of killing a Massachusetts police officer and an elderly woman in 2018 has begun, with prosecutors and the defense team making impassioned opening statements to the jury Thursday morning. Emanuel Lopes is accused of murdering Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams in July 2018, killings that shocked the South Shore community….
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Karen Read Speaks Outside Court, Insisting She Knows Who Killed Her Boyfriend
Karen Read, who’s been charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston police Officer John O’Keefe with her SUV in Canton, Mass., said that when she found his body, “I was the only one trying to save his life”
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Karen Read Speaks Out After Judge Hands Her Legal Loss Over Evidence
The judge presiding over the murder case of a Boston police officer found dying in the cold last year in Canton denied on Wednesday the woman accused of killing him access to evidence her lawyers say could prove she’s being framed. Karen Read, of Mansfield, has been charged with hitting Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend, with her SUV and...
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New Twists in Legal Saga of Boston Officer Found Dead at Canton Home
The pre-trial court battle has continued to simmer in the second-degree murder case over the 2022 death of a Boston police officer outside a Canton, Massachusetts, home, with more twists possible later this week. Late Friday, the judge handed a victory to the team of defendant Karen Read, the Mansfield woman whom prosecutors accuse of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe,…
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Alex Murdaugh ‘Fuzzy' About New Details of Case, Prosecutor Says
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh faced intense questioning about his movements the night his wife and son were killed as the prosecutor challenged inconsistencies in his memory Friday at his double murder trial.