Commonwealth v. Read — Trial ArchiveBrian Loughran
Also known as: Lucky
Brian Loughran is a Canton Department of Public Works snowplow driver assigned to Route 11, which included Fairview Road. He testified in both trials about making multiple plowing passes past 34 Fairview Road — the Albert residence — in the early morning hours of January 29, 2022, and observing nothing on the front lawn near the flagpole during any pass before first responders blocked the road. His testimony placed the body's appearance on the lawn in a narrower window than the prosecution's timeline suggested, and he noted an unusual Ford Edge parked near the flagpole that he observed during one of his passes.
Trial 1 vs Trial 2
In Trial 2, the prosecution significantly expanded its cross-examination to include a sustained focus on whether pro-defense blogger activity — harassment, calls to his employer, and publication of private information — had shaped or pressured Loughran's testimony, an angle absent from Trial 1. Trial 2 also produced more detailed timeline arithmetic, with the prosecution documenting four distinct versions of his final Fairview pass time across different statements, and introduced physical evidence (Exhibit 71 showing a large red dumpster across from Fairview Road) that Loughran could not recall, used to challenge his observational reliability. The redirect in Trial 2 was correspondingly more detailed, with Yannetti methodically addressing each credibility attack including the basketball hoop contact, the February 2022 statement date, and the distinction between his 5:30 a.m. Trial 1 testimony and his recalculated 6:15–6:30 a.m. final pass.