Emil Jones III was on trial for solicitiin a $5,000 bribe and a no-work job for an ex-intern.
The Tribune reports, “Jones agreed to accept $5,000 in campaign funding from Maani in exchange for Jones agreeing not to file a bill calling for a statewide study of red-light cameras, which SafeSpeed considered potentially damaging to its bottom line.
“Jones also offered to ‘protect’ the company from his friend, then-state Rep. David McSweeney, who had filed bills of his own calling for an all-out ban of red-light cameras, according to prosecutors.
“The charges allege Jones also asked Maani to give his former office intern a part-time job, which led to $1,800 being paid to the intern in exchange for no work.”
Te jury could not reach agreement on the charges.
Another trial is possible.
