4.Cameron Daley — Direct/Cross
94 linesMS. BUCKINGHAM: The Commonwealth will call Cameron Daley as its next witness, please.
BAILIFF: Stop right there and raise your right hand for the clerk.
COURT CLERK: Good afternoon. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony and the evidence you shall give to the court and the jury in the matter now pending between the Commonwealth and the defendant at the bar [oath administered]?
COURT CLERK: Thank you, sir. You may have a seat.
BAILIFF: Watch your step, please.
THE COURT: All right. Good afternoon, sir.
CAMERON DALEY: Afternoon, Your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. Ms. Buckingham, please.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Thank you. Sir, could you please tell the jury your first and last name?
CAMERON DALEY: Cameron Daley.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And how do you spell your first name?
CAMERON DALEY: C-A-M-E-R-O-N.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And can you just spell your last name for the record?
CAMERON DALEY: D-A-L-E-Y.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And where do you work?
CAMERON DALEY: Duxbury Police Department.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: How long have you been there?
CAMERON DALEY: Six and a half years.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And back in January of 2023, what was your assignment then?
CAMERON DALEY: Patrolman.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And I'm gonna draw your attention specifically to January 24th, 2023. Were you asked to do a particular assignment out of Duxbury in that evening?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And what were you asked to do?
CAMERON DALEY: Report to Brigham and Women's Hospital.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And why were you going there?
CAMERON DALEY: For hospital watch of the suspect.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And that individual was Lindsay Clancy?
CAMERON DALEY: Correct.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Was there already a Duxbury officer on scene at Brigham and Women's when you got there?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes. Two.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Two?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And who were they?
CAMERON DALEY: Officer Lippard and Officer Broderick.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And when you arrived at the Brigham and Women Hospital, were you by yourself or was there somebody else with you?
CAMERON DALEY: I was with another officer, Officer Thomas Johnson.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. And were you able to make observations of the suspect, of the defendant, Lindy- Lindsay Clancy on that day?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And she was asleep, was she not?
CAMERON DALEY: Correct.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And she had medical devices attached to her?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Was she being treated by the medical staff there at Brigham?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes, periodically.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. And were you inside or outside the room, if you know?
CAMERON DALEY: Outside the room.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And were any visitors or any other people other than the medical staff in that room with her while you were there?
CAMERON DALEY: No.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And from the 24th into the 25th...
MS. BUCKINGHAM: What time did you leave the next day on the 25th?
CAMERON DALEY: So I reported to the hospital on the 25th.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Oh, okay.
CAMERON DALEY: I was there... I arrived at 10:00 AM.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: So your shift there at the hospital was what?
CAMERON DALEY: I got there at 10:00 AM. I left about 7:00 PM that night, but it was an 8:00 to 4:00 scheduled patrol shift.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. And you said that was on the 25th?
CAMERON DALEY: Correct.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And you took over for Officer Lippard?
CAMERON DALEY: Correct, who were there on the overnight previous.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. Thank you for clarifying. And when you left that next evening on the 25th at 7:00 PM, was there another Duxbury officer who came to relieve you, or who came to relieve you?
CAMERON DALEY: No. At that time, State Police Detective McDonald arrived on scene with his crime scene team, and then Plymouth County Sheriff deputies came to take over the hospital watch.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And during that entire shift that you were there, were any attorneys or any other individuals in the room to see Ms. Clancy?
CAMERON DALEY: No.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And did you go back to the hospital for any shifts after that day?
CAMERON DALEY: No.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Thank you. Nothing further.
THE COURT: All right.
MR. REDDINGTON: Were you in uniform?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: Had your gun on?
CAMERON DALEY: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: Had your badge?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: The other guy too?
CAMERON DALEY: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: You were gonna, what, guard the woman that was tied to the bed?
CAMERON DALEY: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: That's all we have.
THE COURT: Anything?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Nothing further.
THE COURT: All right. Thank you, sir. You may step down.
CAMERON DALEY: Thank you, Your Honor.
BAILIFF: Watch your step, please.
THE COURT: All right. So members of the jury, rather than start another witness for just a couple minutes, we're gonna break. Take the afternoon recess at this point. The plan would be to come back approximately 2:00. Come right back and resume with the Commonwealth's case. And remind you again, you think you probably know what I'm gonna say. No talking about this case. Don't do any research about this. Don't read anything about it. While you're on break, don't go anywhere that has anything to do with this case. Take the next hour. Just kinda get this out of your head. We'll see you-
THE COURT: Okay. Thank you.
BAILIFF: Court. All rise.
THE COURT: All right, Counsel, just for one second, sidebar just for a minute.
BAILIFF: This court is back in session. You may be seated.
COURT CLERK: Your Honor, for the purpose of the record, we return back to the matter of Commonwealth versus Lindsay Clancy. All parties are present excluding the jury.
THE COURT: All right. Counsel, could I see you at sidebar?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Your Honor, we could just go back to sidebar—
THE COURT: Oh, sure.
THE COURT: While we're waiting for the jury, I just kinda remind again that there were— We've got people coming in and out at all times. I wanna remind everybody of the pending media order regarding certain pieces of evidence. I also wanna remind the warning that I gave, I think it was last week, that there are to be no disruptive statements or anything that's gonna disrupt these proceedings. If that's done, they will be dealt with summarily, as we say. All right? So just a warning in regards to that. Okay.
THE COURT: We all set? All right, yeah. Let's bring in the jury.