Jury Acquits On Two Charges; Mistrial On Six Others In Peterson Pocono Case

A Pennsylvania jury, reportedly about to come to fisticuffs at one point, acquitted title closing agent Anita Peterson on two charges of lying under oath but ended up deadlocked on six others, including the five mortgage fraud charges of tampering with closing documents and one count of hindering prosecution, according to an article in the Pocono Record. A mistrial was declared as to the six charges and the prosecution promptly announced that it intends to retry Peterson on those counts. A new trial is to be scheduled in May.

To read more, see Jury hung in home fraud trial (Peterson acquitted on 2 charges; retrial set in 6 others)
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