Commonwealth v. Read — Trial Archive
Trial 2 Transcript Gene Demilus
Trial 2 / Day 3 / April 24, 2025
6 pages · 5 witnesses · 919 lines
Defense impeaches paramedic Whitley's evolving account of Read's hospital statements, while phone records and surveillance footage establish the digital record of O'Keefe's final evening.
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Gene Demilus — Direct

Hank Brennan Gene Demilus
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1 49:53

JUDGE CANNONE: All right. Who's your next witness, Mr. Brennan?

2 49:55

MR. BRENNAN: Next witness is Gene Demilus.

3 51:15

JUDGE CANNONE: Okay. Thank you.

4 52:03

COURT CLERK: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Please scoot in close to the microphone. Thanks.

5 52:09

MR. BRENNAN: May I proceed?

6 52:10

JUDGE CANNONE: Yes.

7 52:11

MR. BRENNAN: Good morning.

8 52:12

MR. DEMILUS: Good morning.

9 52:12

MR. BRENNAN: Could you please introduce yourself to the jury?

10 52:15

MR. DEMILUS: My name is Gene Demilus. I am the general manager at C.F. McCarthy's in Canton.

11 52:19

JUDGE CANNONE: I'm going to ask you to keep your voice up if you would please.

12 52:21

MR. DEMILUS: Sure.

13 52:21

MR. BRENNAN: Thank you. You said you're the general manager at C.F. McCarthy's in Canton.

14 52:27

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

15 52:28

MR. BRENNAN: Thank you. How long have you been the general manager at C.F. McCarthy's in Canton for?

16 52:32

MR. DEMILUS: For six years.

17 52:33

MR. BRENNAN: Can you briefly describe for the jury what C.F. McCarthy's is?

18 52:37

MR. DEMILUS: It is a restaurant and bar.

19 52:40

MR. BRENNAN: At C.F. McCarthy's, is there a video surveillance system inside?

20 52:44

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

21 52:45

MR. BRENNAN: Who owns that video surveillance system?

22 52:47

MR. DEMILUS: C.F. McCarthy's.

23 52:48

MR. BRENNAN: Are you familiar with the video system?

24 52:51

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

25 52:52

MR. BRENNAN: Have you ever looked at it before?

26 52:53

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

27 52:54

MR. BRENNAN: Do you employ people to help the establishment with the video system?

28 53:00

MR. DEMILUS: No.

29 53:01

MR. BRENNAN: You maintain it on your own?

30 53:02

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

31 53:03

MR. BRENNAN: At some point, were you visited by somebody from the Massachusetts State Police?

32 53:09

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

33 53:09

MR. BRENNAN: Were you asked whether or not they could view some of your video surveillance?

34 53:14

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

35 53:14

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember the date they came to visit you?

36 53:19

MR. DEMILUS: The date that they were looking for? I believe it was January 27th, 28th of 2022. Around that time.

37 53:28

MR. BRENNAN: Did you allow access to the video system?

38 53:31

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

39 53:31

MR. BRENNAN: Did you oversee that access to the video system?

40 53:34

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

41 53:35

MR. BRENNAN: Was it a state police officer?

42 53:38

MR. DEMILUS: It was two state police detectives.

43 53:41

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember their names?

44 53:42

MR. DEMILUS: I remember one of the detectives' names. I do not remember the other detective.

45 53:47

MR. BRENNAN: The one you remember, could you share the name?

46 53:50

MR. DEMILUS: It was Detective Bukhenik. Yuri. Detective Yuri Bukhenik.

47 53:55

MR. BRENNAN: At some point, was he allowed to download information from the surveillance system?

48 54:01

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

49 54:02

MR. BRENNAN: Did you watch him do that?

50 54:03

MR. DEMILUS: Yes, I did.

51 54:04

MR. BRENNAN: At some point, have you been able to briefly look at some of that download?

52 54:09

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

53 54:10

MR. BRENNAN: And does it appear to be a fair and accurate depiction of the surveillance or the area of your bar?

54 54:16

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

55 54:19

MR. BRENNAN: Move to introduce.

56 54:22

JUDGE CANNONE: Okay. There's no objection, Mr. Yannetti?

57 54:25

MR. YANNETTI: There is no objection.

58 54:29

JUDGE CANNONE: [Exhibit] 18. Thank you.

59 54:34

MR. BRENNAN: All right. May I play just a small portion?

60 54:36

JUDGE CANNONE: Sure. Thank you.

61 54:44

MR. BRENNAN: Ma'am, I'm going to show you just some random shots from this video, but I want to know if you recognize it. Is this the inside of C.F. McCarthy's?

62 54:51

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

63 54:52

MR. BRENNAN: I'm not asking if you have any particular knowledge or information about that. Is this a fair and accurate depiction of what C.F. McCarthy's looks like?

64 55:01

MR. DEMILUS: Yes.

65 55:01

MR. BRENNAN: Have there been any significant changes to the inside of that establishment since this video was taken?

66 55:09

MR. DEMILUS: No.

67 55:09

MR. BRENNAN: Okay. Thank you, Miss Gilman. I have no further questions.

68 55:13

JUDGE CANNONE: Okay.

69 55:14

MR. YANNETTI: I have no questions.

70 55:16

JUDGE CANNONE: All right. Thank you very much.

71 55:18

MR. DEMILUS: Thank you.

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