Ryan Kath
@RyanNBCBoston
Emmy (30x)/Murrow (10x)/duPont-winning investigative reporter @NBC10Boston, @COMatBU adjunct professor, tortured MN sports fan, washed-up soccer player
An @NBC10Boston investigation found a husband and wife, Russ and Linda Callahan, have defrauded small property owners in Worcester Co. for well over $100K, lived in homes rent-free, and apparently got away with it for the past 20 years. A 🧵about the victims we interviewed...

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The Bristol County DA’s office says it incorrectly reported a 10th person had died from the Gabriel House fire in Fall River. The woman remains in critical condition nbcboston.app.link/ZFlbk2uI6Ub
Police body camera video shows rescues made during fire disaster at Fall River assisted living facility nbcboston.app.link/5Oeat46b5Ub
“I deeply regret and take full responsibility for my actions. What happened was completely unacceptable." State lawmaker from Watertown arrested on OUI, leaving the scene charges nbcboston.com/news/local/mas…
Hundreds of passengers evacuated from MBTA Blue Line train stuck in Boston Harbor tunnel nbcboston.app.link/Tn4m8T431Ub
Reviewing receipts for $566K taxpayer price tag for special prosecutor in second Karen Read murder trial nbcboston.app.link/9n5b0dorVUb
$566,000 That is the final tab for attorney Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor hired for the second Karen Read murder trial. We just received the payroll records and published this story on @NBC10Boston nbcboston.app.link/K3sJaLxMTUb
JUST IN: Payroll records @NBC10Boston Investigators obtained show Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor hired for the Karen Read murder trial, is being paid $566K for his billable hours. We correctly predicted the final tab would be in this ballpark —> nbcboston.app.link/0EGJMXkJTUb
Been following the Karen Read case? Then you won't want to miss tonight's episode of The Main Thing at 7pm on @NBC10Boston (also streaming on our digital platforms). 1/
Imagine this scenario: You’re about to pay off the mortgage. The kids are almost done with college. You’re pondering retirement. And then disaster strikes at your home. You assume the damage will be covered by insurance, but then you realize you are wrong nbcboston.app.link/LWtiud4KRUb
NEW: Notorious husband and wife “professional tenants” have been arrested and are facing 50+ criminal charges. Our @NBC10Boston investigation about Russell and Linda Callahan exposed how they have scammed property owners in Massachusetts for 20 years nbcboston.app.link/HV1uCsPoGUb
“I’m appalled by the actions shown in the video @NBC10Boston reported.” Medford mayor reacts to our investigation that raised questions about a police sergeant using a family member’s disability parking placard while on duty nbcboston.app.link/x3HMF52gwUb
NEW: Medford mayor tells @NBC10Boston that she’s “appalled” by the details in our investigation about a police sergeant using a family member’s disability parking placard while on duty nbcboston.app.link/zYGCFstzuUb
A Medford police sergeant is under investigation after we started asking questions about using an elderly family member’s disability placard to park in an accessible space at the police station during her shifts nbcboston.app.link/0q5dzrIQsUb
Email from Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey's spokesperson: "There will be no statement from the DA or the office regarding Commonwealth vs Karen Read."
The verdict in Karen Read’s second trial will likely go down as the most expensive drunk-driving conviction in the history of Massachusetts nbcboston.com/news/local/spe…
Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan’s compensation for Karen Read’s second trial could surpass a half-million taxpayer dollars, according to financial records @nbc10boston Investigators reviewed nbcboston.app.link/FhxWT9jkjUb
The juror list in the second Karen Read trial has been impounded, according to an order obtained by @NBC10Boston