A Norfolk Superior Court judge is expected to issue a ruling on a prosecutor’s request to monitor all jail calls of controversial blogger Aidan Kearney, also known as “Turtleboy.”
Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee heard the request from special prosecutor Kenneth Mello Friday. Mello was hired by Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey.
Read is charged with 2nd-degree murder for the death of her Boston Police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe. Read is accused of backing over O’Keefe and leaving him to die in a January 2022 blizzard outside a home in Canton.
Kearney faces witness intimidation and other charges for his aggressive activism in the Read murder case. A grand jury indicted Kearney in December on 16 felony counts .
Mello said Kearney went to great lengths to harass witnesses — often filming himself as he would try to confront them or call them at their homes, children’s sports games, or places of work. Mello said Kearney would also share personal information online — like a state trooper’s phone number — while saying he would never stop.