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February 21, 2008

Oster jury gets back to business

PROVIDENCE -- The jury in the bribery and conspiracy trial of former Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster has begun the third day of deliberations in Providence County Superior Court.

The jurors deliberated until 4 p.m. yesterday without reaching a verdict.

Oster, the town administrator from 2000 to 2002, has been on trial for two counts of bribery and two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with what the state says were two efforts to get bribes from potential buyers of town-controlled land on Route 116 known as the H&H Screw Co. property.

The state alleges Oster and former planning board member Robert R. Picerno conspired to sell the land for $105,000, an amount far lower than what the state said it was worth.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer John Hill

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