‘Crime junkie’ all smiles leaving court after allegedly filming jurors at Lindsay Clancy trial

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The self-described crime junkie arrested for allegedly filming jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s case was all smiles after she was released Wednesday following a hearing where prosecutors alleged she risked the “sanctity” of the killer mom’s trial.

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Dawn Light, 56, pleaded not guilty to the charge of aggravated intimidation of a juror in the same courthouse where Clancy’s high-profile triple murder trial has been underway for the past six weeks.

Light — a retired nurse — allegedly pulled her blue Toyota into a “restricted area” of the court premises and filmed and took photos from inside the car as jurors were leaving court Tuesday afternoon, prosecutor Nicole Piacentini claimed.

The prosecutor asked the judge to hold Light on $50,000 bail, keep her away from the court and bar her from posting any video or photos she may have uploaded to the cloud.

Light is a “crime junkie” and Clancy supporter who has attended other high-profile murder trials, including for Alex Murdaugh and Karen Read, she revealed in an interview with CT Insider Wednesday.

When cops approached Light “she was adamant” she wasn’t filming jurors but rather “waiting to see if Lindsay Clancy would come out of the building,” the prosecutor claimed.

But when the cops looked inside her phone, they found a video of jurors walking out in her deleted folder, Piacentini alleged.

“This individual is not only videoing … She went back to a restricted area. She was caught in that restricted area,” the prosecutor said.

“The sanctity of the judicial system is at risk because of her actions. It’s an extremely serious matter for the Commonwealth and for the integrity of the proceedings,” Piacentini blasted.

But Light’s defense lawyer, Jennifer White, claimed “this is a complete misunderstanding, Your Honor.”

“My client was seeking a picture of Ms. Clancy and had no intention of any interactions with the jurors,” White said.

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“She understands the magnitude and seriousness of this charge,” the defense lawyer said.

Judge Shelby M. Smith did not set bail for Light but did order her to stay away from the courthouse, witnesses and jurors in the case. She can only return to court for her future hearings in the case.

Light is due back on Oct. 15 and faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted.

Jurors in the Clancy case have been deliberating for five days on whether to convict her of first-degree murder for strangling her three kids, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan 8 months, on Jan. 24, 2023, before attempting to take her own life.

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Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, told reporters on his way into court that Light’s arrest “doesn’t affect us at all.”

Judge William Sullivan kicked off Wednesday’s deliberation day by sternly warning those following Clancy’s case that orders in place would be “enforced.” However, he did not specifically reference Light’s arrest.

Sullivan then brought each jury member into the room one by one and questioned them at sidebar. 

The jurors all appeared to shake their heads or answer “no” when the judge asked his question. 

Afterward, he brought them all in as a group and told them to resume the decision-making process.

The 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse wants the jury to find her not criminally responsible based on her claim she was in the throes of severe postpartum psychosis at the time.

However, prosecutors argue she carefully planned the killings and made up the voice to avoid culpability.

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Clancy faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder.