2.Richard Lippard — Direct/Cross
192 linesMS. BUCKINGHAM: We call Richard Lippard.
RICHARD LIPPARD: Afternoon.
BAILIFF: Can you step right here, raise your right hand for the court, please?
THE COURT: All right. Good afternoon, sir.
RICHARD LIPPARD: Afternoon, sir.
THE COURT: All right. Attorney Buckingham, please.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Thank you. Good morning.
RICHARD LIPPARD: Good morning.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Could you please tell the jurors your first and last name?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Richard Lippard.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And can you spell your last name for the record?
RICHARD LIPPARD: L-I-P-P-A-R-D.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And how are you employed?
RICHARD LIPPARD: I work for the Duxbury Police Department.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And how long have you been a police officer?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Six and a half years.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Have you worked for Duxbury the entire time, or did you work someplace else?
RICHARD LIPPARD: The entire time.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: What's your current assignment at the Duxbury Police?
RICHARD LIPPARD: A patrolman.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Back in January of 2023, were you also on patrol then?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, ma'am.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Were you working the day of January 24th, 2023?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: At some point while you were on shift that day, were you asked to assist in an ongoing investigation for an incident that occurred at 47 Summer Street in Duxbury?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes. I was called back in.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: You were called back in?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yep.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Had you finished your shift?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, ma'am.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And so where were you asked to go?
RICHARD LIPPARD: To the police department.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: When you came to the police department, where did they direct you to go as far as the investigation went?
RICHARD LIPPARD: South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And so when you arrived at South Shore Hospital, was there already another Duxbury officer there?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Detective Maffeo was there.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. And what was the purpose of you going to South Shore Hospital?
RICHARD LIPPARD: To overwatch the person in custody.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. And did you learn who that person was?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And fair to say that individual was a woman by the name of Lindsay Clancy, correct?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: What were your observations of her when you were at South Shore Hospital?
RICHARD LIPPARD: She seemed to be sedated. Not speaking or anything on the hospital bed, just laying there.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And, excuse me, when you were there, or during the time that you were there, did you ever have any conversation with her?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Did she remain unresponsive during the time that you were there?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And were you also there when somebody came in and took some photographs of her?
RICHARD LIPPARD: I do not recall.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. Were medical staff tending to her during the time that you were with her?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Where in the South Shore Hospital was this? The emergency department or someplace else?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Emergency department.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And shortly after you were there observing her, did she or did the doctors indicate she was gonna be transported someplace else?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Where was she gonna go?
RICHARD LIPPARD: That she was gonna be med-flighted to the Brigham in Boston.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And other than yourself or other law enforcement and medical staff, did anyone speak with her at the South Shore Hospital?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And when you—when she was transported to the hospital in Boston, did you go along with the transport?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Do you remember how she was transported?
RICHARD LIPPARD: It was a med-flight helicopter.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: So you rode in the helicopter with her?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And when you arrived at the Brigham in Boston, where did she go there?
RICHARD LIPPARD: She went to the emergency room.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Did you remain with her during that time period?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And was there anyone else with you at the Brigham with her?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Officer Broderick.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And so the two of you were... What was your role?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Just to overwatch and stay with her.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: At any point when you were with her at the Brigham, did she ever—was she ever awake or responsive?
RICHARD LIPPARD: No, not to my knowledge.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And how long were you at the Brigham with her?
RICHARD LIPPARD: About 15 to 16 hours.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay, so fair to say it was over the course of that night into the next morning?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, ma'am.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Over the course of the night into the next morning, do you observe her medical status change?
RICHARD LIPPARD: There was some type of medical code during the nighttime. I'm not sure what it was.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Okay. But you were present in the room when that happened?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes. We were outside the room.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Outside?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yeah.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And the next morning, when your shift concluded, did somebody else from the Duxbury Police Department come and relieve you?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: During the time that you were there, did anyone besides medical staff or the law enforcement officers that you were with interact with the defendant?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Thank you. Nothing further.
THE COURT: All right. Mr. Reddington.
MR. REDDINGTON: Morning.
RICHARD LIPPARD: Morning.
MR. REDDINGTON: Afternoon. So young man working for the town of Duxbury, and you were detailed to the home initially, correct?
RICHARD LIPPARD: No, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: You didn't go to the house at all?
RICHARD LIPPARD: No, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: Okay. You went directly to South Shore?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: And when you were at South Shore, your purpose was to, as you say, overwatch. Well, that basically is she was in custody at that point, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: So one of your obligations was—is to, I guess, guard the unconscious person and make sure what? To do what? Just to stand there?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: Okay. And you did in the South Shore Hospital, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: And you made your observations of her, you know, bandaged or whatever, laying in the bed. And she was not conscious, correct?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: And at some point, the decision was made medically that they were gonna have her med-flighted to the Boston hospital, Brigham and Women's, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: And that was by way of the helicopter?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: You had a helicopter ride into Boston with her, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: You were overwatching her in the helicopter again, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: She still had not gained consciousness at all?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: Wasn't talking to you or medical staff or anybody, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: She was already had the tubes and stuff in her mouth coming out, and she was bandaged up and wrapped up and basically laying down in the gurney in the helicopter, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: So when she gets to Brigham and Women's Hospital, they bring her into the emergency room, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: And that room, it was loaded with equipment, boxes, wires, tubes, buzzing, beeps, lights, things of that nature, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: Life-saving equipment that was in there, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: Very small room, wasn't it?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: Kinda hard to maneuver?
RICHARD LIPPARD: There was enough space for the medical staff to maneuver.
MR. REDDINGTON: All right. And how many police officers were overwatching the unconscious person while she was in the emergency room at Brigham and Women's?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Two.
MR. REDDINGTON: That would be you and the other officer from Duxbury?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: At what point did the state police officers arrive in the hospital?
RICHARD LIPPARD: I don't recall them coming to the hospital.
MR. REDDINGTON: Did you ever see state police in the hospital?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Possibly at South Shore Hospital, but not in Boston.
MR. REDDINGTON: So you're in Brigham and Women's off of the helicopter into the emergency room for a day. Is that correct?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct. 16 hours.
MR. REDDINGTON: Did you go back there again after that day?
RICHARD LIPPARD: To South Shore Hospital?
MR. REDDINGTON: No. Brigham and Women's Hospital.
MR. REDDINGTON: So you're limited to the time that you were there as to the—you and your brother officer were there in the room with her, correct?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: And a number of nurses and doctors, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: Fair to say it was pretty much—it was chaos. It was pretty—it was like bedlam in that room, wasn't it?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Mm, yes, very busy.
MR. REDDINGTON: And you don't remember any other police officers? How about internal police officers from Brigham and Women's Hospital? Do you recall them being there?
RICHARD LIPPARD: There may have been security, but I do not recall.
MR. REDDINGTON: So is it your testimony that you do not recall any other police being in that room or outside the room when you were there?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: Now, at some point, police were detailed, if you know, to sit outside the room to guard the door. Is that correct?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: And what were you guarding against?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Objection.
THE COURT: Overruled.
RICHARD LIPPARD: Anybody coming to visit.
MR. REDDINGTON: Right. 'Cause nobody was allowed to visit, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Correct.
MR. REDDINGTON: And then while you were there, in the early morning hours, about 2:24 or something like that, there was, as you said to the jury, a code, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: And again, that kinda amped up the bedlam at that point, didn't it?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: There were people running from all over, and you could hear on the microphone, "Code blue," with the room being identified, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: And that meant that she was dead or dying, right?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes.
MR. REDDINGTON: She was chained to the hospital bed, too, wasn't she?
RICHARD LIPPARD: I do not recall her being handcuffed.
MR. REDDINGTON: You don't?
RICHARD LIPPARD: No, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: Okay. Do you recall when you left?
RICHARD LIPPARD: The Brigham, sir?
MR. REDDINGTON: Yes.
RICHARD LIPPARD: The next morning around 10:00, from what I remember.
MR. REDDINGTON: Okay. And you were relieved by who?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Officer Daley from the Duxbury Police Department and Officer Johnson from the Duxbury Police Department.
MR. REDDINGTON: All right. So you've got two Duxbury police officers. And they... To your memory, were there any other law enforcement officers?
RICHARD LIPPARD: Not with them, no.
MR. REDDINGTON: How about in, on their own? Did you observe other law enforcement officers come in that room or outside the room?
RICHARD LIPPARD: No, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: And then you, that was the end of your shift, and you left.
RICHARD LIPPARD: Yes, sir.
MR. REDDINGTON: Okay. Thank you, sir.
THE COURT: All right. Counsel, anything further?
MS. BUCKINGHAM: No, thank you.
THE COURT: All right. Thank you, sir. You may step down. Thank you.