STOUGHTON, Mass. — A choose denied a controversial blogger’s request on Tuesday to return electronics that had been confiscated from him throughout his arrest in late October.
Aidan Kearney, referred to as “Turtleboy”, has been investigating the 2022 demise of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton, particularly the position his girlfriend, Karen Learn, might or might not have had in it.
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Kearney’s lawyer argued on Tuesday that the gadgets are needed for his shopper to do his job as a journalist, including the transfer is an illegal try and silence him.
Kearney has been outspoken in his protection of Learn, saying that she was framed as a part of a large-scale coverup involving the Canton Police Division and the Norfolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace.
The favored blogger was arrested in October for witness intimidation in connection to the Karen Learn homicide case. In the course of the arrest, investigators took a number of of his digital gadgets.
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The choose denied the movement and mentioned Kearney ought to file a movement in superior court docket to get his electronics again.
Kearney mentioned he’s disillusioned by the ruling, however anticipated it.
He’ll return to court docket for an additional listening to subsequent week.
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