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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Judge Arnold Ogden Jones II
allan01
(1,950 posts)Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)watching this story on Channel 7
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)and many experiences.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)But in the best way possible
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I am not good with names, but there are (and were) some that forced you to remember them
GWC58
(2,678 posts)eating ribs and shrimp! Interesting about the judge, too!😃
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
christx30
(6,241 posts)So the bribery conviction will be overturned. It has to be something of value to be considered a bribe.