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January 28, 2008

Trial of former Lincoln administrator begins today

PROVIDENCE — Former Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster’s trial on bribery and conspiracy charges will begin today, after lawyers for the state and the defendant agreed on the makeup of the jury Friday.

Oster is facing two counts of bribery and two counts of conspiracy dating to his 2000-2002 tenure in office.

The case was delayed for several years while disputes over evidence, some of it gathered for the first time under the state’s wiretapping laws, were appealed to the state Supreme Court.

That appeal, and others on the procedures that would be used to manage the trial, resulted in many of the tapes being thrown out because they were not stored in accordance with state law and the judge’s orders.

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