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February 20, 2008

Oster trial: Jury ends first day without verdict

PROVIDENCE -- The jury in the bribery and conspiracy trial of former Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster adjourned its first full day of deliberations today without a verdict.

Oster is charged with two counts of bribery and two counts of conspiracy. The state's case alleges he and Robert R. Picerno, a former Lincoln Planning Board member and former Oster political ally, twice attempted to extort bribes from potential buyers of the nearly six-acre, town-controlled land on Route 116 called the H&H Screw property.

Picerno pleaded no contest in 2004 to four counts of taking or trying to solicit bribes, and three counts of conspiracy to solicit bribes.

Read about yesterday's closing arguments in the case.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer John Hill

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:30 PM | Permalink

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