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NJ Federal Juror Who Did His Own Research Fined $11,227 For Causing Mistrial
A New Jersey federal juror was fined $11,227 for researching the case and sharing what he found with other jurors, causing a mistrial, authorities said Tuesday.
Jurors in the trial “were instructed repeatedly, both in writing and verbally, not to conduct any research about the case, including through use of the Internet,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
However, Juror Number 7 – as he was identified – “conducted Internet research into evidence in the case” during a recess and then shared his findings with the other jurors during deliberations, causing a mistrial,” Honig said.
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Jersey Shore Bookie Admits Running Own ‘Pick Six’ Lottery, Cash Prizes Topped $100,000
A Jersey Shore bookmaker admitted in federal court on Tuesday that he operated his own lottery game in Hudson County using the numbers from the New Jersey Lottery Pick Six to award winners.
Up to 8,000 participants at a time selected six numbers from 1 to 49 at $20 a pop, Edward O’Neill, 54, told a U.S. District Court judge in Newark.
The sole winner of the illegal lottery was whoever matched all six numbers selected in the official Pick Six drawing.
Prizes often exceeded $100,000, said O’Neill, of Beachwood, who skimmed a 10% vig off the total bets.
Like bookies of days past, O’Neill per…
Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Groped By NY Man With Criminal History, Feds Charge
An upstate New York man groped a fellow passenger on a flight from Denver to Newark, federal authorities charged.
Ryan Manuella, 28, of Erie County “moved to a vacant center seat next to a female passenger, who was sitting in a window seat” late last week, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Monday.
Honig said Manuella, who didn't know the woman, then “touched her on the groin and inner thigh without her permission,” Honig said.
Manuella was charged in Nevada last year with a domestic violence assault, record show.
The Cheektowaga resident also got into a struggle in 2017 with…
