Canton Coverup Part 376: Dedham Police Sgt Rich Cawley Refuses To Enforce Restraining Order On McAlbert Supporter Outside Karen Read Hearing
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Katherine “Krusty Panties” Peter is a vocal supporter of the McAlberts who has multiple restraining orders against her and is facing multiple criminal charges.
A judge in Leominster issued a HPO against her in March, preventing her from coming within 10 yards of me.
A month later she was arraigned on charges of felony witness intimidation against me in Leominster, and was issued a stay away order by the Judge as conditions of her release. She is to “stay away from victim/witness” (me).
Kate also has a restraining order against her, preventing her from coming within 50 yards of a woman named Lauren Murray, who she stalked, harassed, and tormented for 9 months before the victim finally applied for protection. Kate was charged with violating the order against Lauren in West Roxbury District Court, which she admitted guilt to and took a continuance without a finding for one year. This means that if she were to violate the order again, or be charged with any other crime, the charges would come back.
On October 11, two weeks before she took this deal, Kate committed another crime when she once again violated the order preventing her from being within 50 yards of Ms. Murray. She was charged in Stoughton District Court, and because she “furnishes information” for the Norfolk County DA’s Office a special prosecutor from Plymouth County named Sean Kennedy was put on the case. I am a witness against Ms. Peter in that case.
On July 11 Kate showed up outside of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham for my court case. She doesn’t live in Dedham or work there (she’s unemployed). Lauren Murray was standing outside the courthouse with other supporters when Ms. Peter drove by, gave them the middle finger, and yelled “kill yourself” in the direction of Ms. Murray. It was all caught on film.
Ms. Murray immediately filed a report with Officer Scott Porro of the Dedham Police Department. He told her he would be summonsing Ms. Peter and charging her with violating a harassment prevention order. This would be grounds to revoke her bail in West Roxbury, Stoughton, and Leominster. However, in the last 11 days he has ignored numerous phone calls and emails from Ms. Murray and has not filed a criminal complaint. Officer Porro has a sustained POST Commission complaint for “failure to adhere to Department policy on arrest,” which resulted in a written reprimand.
Today as I crossed a crosswalk on High Street on my way to join protesters I noticed Ms. Peter directly in front of me. This is an obvious violation of the order, and she has to move. However, she was protected by Sgt. Rich Cawley of the Dedham Police Department, who told me that she had a right to be there because she was there first. Watch:
Just a reminder – on February 26 the fake victim showed up at a Karen Read pretrial hearing where she knew I would be, and forced me to leave the courtroom while waving her restraining order (that has since been amended to allow me inside any courthouse even if she’s there). I immediately left because you have to leave when someone who has an order on you shows up. Although there was zero evidence against me I was still charged with violating a restraining order by the Dedham Police, despite the fact that I left and had no contact with her.
Now let’s compare that to some of the comments Sgt. Cawley made to me:
“You could cross at that crosswalk and avoid the 50 foot….”
- I crossed at the crosswalk I did because it was the fastest way from point A to point B.
- I can go wherever I want, whenever I want, because I’m not the one with the order on me.
“She has the right to be here.”
- No, she doesn’t, actually. Orders limit your rights, including your right to free speech, to own guns, and to be in places you’d like to be in.
- I had a right to be inside Norfolk Superior Courthouse on February 26, yet I still had to leave because someone with an order on me showed up and evicted me. Unlike Kate Peter I abided by the order.
“She was here first.”
- I was actually there first. I walk all over the place on Karen Read court days interviewing people and taking pictures. I arrived before she did, and she has never attended one of these hearing before. I’ve been attending them for over a year.
- It doesn’t matter if she was there first, just like it didn’t matter when I was inside Norfolk Superior Courthouse first on February 26. When someone with an order on you comes near you, the burden is on YOU to leave.
“You could cross there and avoid her.”
I don’t have to avoid her. She has to avoid me. That’s how orders work.
“If you wanna get to your car you can cross at that crosswalk.”
If I wanna walk to Dedham House of Pizza I’d have to walk directly by her. My motion and rights shouldn’t be limited because a woman, who a court deemed was a safety hazard, is standing in my line of way.
“You’re intentionally trying to walk near her.”
- I was walking towards the courthouse.
- She was intentionally coming to a place she knew I would be at, despite the fact that I have an order on her.
- Even if I was intentionally walking near her (I wasn’t) it wouldn’t matter – she has to leave. The fake victim intentionally came to where she knew I would be at on February 26 and I still had to leave.
“You’re trying to initiate contact with her.”
No, I’m trying to go the courthouse without having to walk by someone who has been charged with felony witness intimidation against me. I’m trying to AVOID contact with her, which means that you need to do your job and remove her as the order requires you to do.
It’s not up to Sgt. Cawley to interpret this order. A Judge of the Commonwealth has issued it, and it’s his job to enforce it.
Congratulations to Sgt Steve Feeley and Sgt Rich Cawley who were sworn in during this evenings Select Board meeting. Thanks for all you have done for the community and best of luck to you both in your new role. pic.twitter.com/o85jJ9XJyS
— Dedham Police Dept (@DedhamPD) March 14, 2024
Lauren Murray was there today and was also told that she had to cross the street in order to avoid the woman she has an order on. When I went to the Dedham Police Department to ask to speak with Sgt. Cawley’s boss, Officer Cady made it clear that Cawley was wrong, and that the burden was on Peter to leave when I walked by.
When I tried to go back to the courthouse to speak with Sgt. Cawley he seemed bothered that I attempted to speak with him because he was on his phone. When I asked him to ask her to move he responded by saying “No.”
He just flat out refused to do his job and enforce a court order because he didn’t feel like it. He works for the same police department that is charging me with violating an order in which I voluntarily left the area where the fake victim was.
All I want is for the laws to be applied equally, but that is not how things work in Norfolk County. In Norfolk County the laws don’t apply to you if you are a supporter of the McAlberts or the Commonwealth. But if you support Justice for John O’Keefe and for Karen Read in Norfolk County then they will file charges against you for crimes you didn’t commit (murder, witness intimidation, manslaughter, violating a restraining order). This is why we’re protesting – because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
