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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:25 PM Oct 2016

Prosecutors: Judge convicted of bribing officer with beer

Source: Associated Press

Prosecutors: Judge convicted of bribing officer with beer

Updated 4:07 pm, Friday, October 21, 2016


WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina judge has been convicted of bribery after he offered beer and money to an officer in exchange for text messages from his wife's cellphone because he suspected she was cheating on him.

The U.S. attorney's office said Friday that a jury deliberated for 33 minutes before finding Superior Court Judge Arnold Ogden Jones II guilty of paying a bribe and other charges.

Prosecutors say Jones asked a Wayne County deputy, who is also a member of an FBI gang task force, to get him copies of the text messages, even though the law prevents him from receiving them.

An attorney for Jones told The News & Observer of Raleigh (http://bit.ly/2eenMat) that his client remains on the November ballot and plans to appeal the verdict.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/North-Carolina-judge-convicted-on-corruption-10047227.php



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Prosecutors: Judge convicted of bribing officer with beer (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP
oops allan01 Oct 2016 #1
I just got finished Coolest Ranger Oct 2016 #2
I'm due beer and travel money... KittyWampus Oct 2016 #3
I miss Random Thoughts. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #5
Me too. He was crazy Egnever Oct 2016 #8
Yep... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #9
I'm drinking beer & GWC58 Oct 2016 #4
Was it good beer? Wolf Frankula Oct 2016 #6
No, it was bud light. christx30 Oct 2016 #7

christx30

(6,241 posts)
7. No, it was bud light.
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 02:00 PM
Oct 2016

So the bribery conviction will be overturned. It has to be something of value to be considered a bribe.

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