Some Charges Dropped in Pellicano Wiretapping Case
An AP newswire article, via The Los Angeles Times, reports that:
A federal judge granted a prosecution request today to dismiss 28 charges against private investigator Anthony Pellicano and a co-defendant.More here.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Saunders said the government made the request because some of the alleged victims weren't available to testify and other counts were redundant.
More than 35 charges remain against Pellicano and former Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Arneson.
The dropped counts mostly involved wire fraud that authorities had alleged involved Arneson searching law enforcement databases for Pellicano.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer came as prosecutors prepared to end their portion of the trial.
posted by Fergie @ 4/10/2008 12:04:00 PM
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