C.F. McCarthy's is the Canton bar where John O'Keefe met Karen Read on the evening of January 28, 2022 — the first stop in a night that ended at 34 Fairview Road.[1] Michael Camerano, O'Keefe's friend, testified the couple greeted each other affectionately at the bar: "They kissed."[2] O'Keefe paid a $52.80 tab that included Tito's Vodka — the drink Read took with her when the group left for the Waterfall.[3] Surveillance video from the bar was preserved and played across both trials.[4]
McCarthy's is the start of the prosecution's alcohol-consumption timeline. Trooper Yuri Bukhenik testified that surveillance video captured "nine drinks being consumed by the defendant" between her arrival at McCarthy's and her departure from the Waterfall[5] — the factual basis for the retrograde blood-alcohol calculations that placed Read's BAC at multiple times the legal driving limit by 12:45 a.m.
“They kissed.”
— Michael Camerano
Camerano confirms the couple greeted each other affectionately at C.F. McCarthy's on the night of O'Keefe's death.
“She opened her jacket and had a glass and pulled the glass out and started drinking the drink.”
— Julie Albert
Establishes Karen Read brought her own drink from C.F. McCarthy's to the Waterfall, relevant to tracking her alcohol consumption that evening.
“The video shows nine drinks being consumed by the defendant, and that's between when she arrives at C.F. McCarthy's until the time she leaves the Waterfall.”
— Yuri Bukhenik
Establishes Read's alcohol consumption on the night in question from surveillance evidence.
“My name is Gene Demilus. I am the general manager at C.F. McCarthy's in Canton.”
— Gene Demilus
Establishes the witness's role and authority over the bar's operations and surveillance system.
“I saw her with a glass. Yes.”
— Michael Camerano
Confirms Karen Read was drinking at C.F. McCarthy's that evening, relevant to the prosecution's timeline.
Interior surveillance footage from C.F. McCarthy's bar recorded on or around January 28, 2022. The video shows Karen Read, John O'Keefe, and others present at the bar, capturing their interactions, Read's alcohol consumption, and Read departing with a glass in her hand.
Reports analyzing the surveillance footage from both C.F. McCarthy's and Waterfall Bar & Grille, authored by Trooper Michael Proctor following retrieval of the videos by Connor Keefe.
Transaction receipts from C.F. McCarthy's showing Karen Read's bar tab of $52.80, listing Tito's vodka, paid using John O'Keefe's MasterCard.
A PowerPoint presentation on CD compiling chronological bar surveillance footage from both C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall, assembled by the prosecution.
Ring doorbell footage from One Meadows Avenue covering the evening of January 28, 2022: Michael Camerano's arrivals and departures, vehicle movement by Camerano and O'Keefe, Camerano's departure to McCarthy's, and his return to pick up his daughter. A specific clip (video 148) shows O'Keefe moving his car so Read could pull into the garage.
Commonwealth v. Read — Trial Archive