Boston Police officer Kelly Dever, formerly with Canton Police, testifies during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025.

Kelly Dever has been named the assistant superintendent of the North Canton City School District. She succeeds retiring Assistant Superintendent Debra Kennedy, who has said she plans to spend more ...

Kelly Dever, a current Boston police officer, was called to the stand by Read’s defense team on June 2. She was working dispatch for the Canton Police Department when John O’Keefe was found dead.

Kelly Dever, a current Boston police officer who was working as a Canton patrolman at the time of O’Keefe’s death, was then called by the defense after Diamandis was dismissed.

Dever said that she told federal agents in August 2023 that she saw ATF agent Brian Higgins and former Canton Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz inside the garage. While Dever said she made that ...

Before Read’s trial, Dever told the FBI she saw then-Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz and Brian Higgins, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with Read’s SUV ...

North Canton City Schools will welcome a new assistant superintendent on Aug 1. Kelly Dever joins the district just in time for the start of the 2015-2016 school year.

Read’s defense attorney Alan Jackson sparred with former Canton police officer Kelly Dever, a witness the defense itself called to the stand.