“They Told Me to Lie”: Officer Dever Says Karen Read’s Defense Threatened Her

“They Told Me to Lie”: Officer Dever Says Karen Read’s Defense Threatened Her In a dramatic and revealing moment from the Karen Read murder trial on June 2, 2025, former Canton police officer Kelly Dever took the witness stand—and what she said stunned the courtroom. Dever testified that Karen Read’s defense team pressured her to falsely testify that she saw Brian Higgins and then-Canton Chief Ken Berkowitz in the Sallyport garage with Read’s SUV—an event the timeline proves she could not have seen. When Dever refused to comply, she says a male member of the defense threat...