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March 6, 2008

Witnesses again contradict video in smoke-shop trial

PROVIDENCE -- Detective Staci Shepherd continued testimony today about the arrest of tribal member Adam Jennings during the 2003 state police raid on a Narragansett Indian smoke shop.

Jennings, 40, was placed under arrest after acting erratically and bursting toward the shop door in an uncontrolled manner, she said in response to questioning from special assistant attorney general Pamela Chin.

Defense lawyer William P. Devereaux, however, used video footage to show that she stood directly next to four officers as they took Jennings to the shop floor in making the arrest, not behind the counter as she testified earlier.

Devereaux will continue to cross-examine Shepherd this afternoon.

Jennings and six other Narragansetts are on trial in Providence County Superior Court for misdemeanor charges related to the state police execution of a search warrant in July 2003.

Extra: See the Journal's extended coverage of the 2003 raid, including photos and video

-- Journal staff writer Katie Mulvaney

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