The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that jurors on Friday cleared 50-year-old Michael Kennedy of eight counts of making false statements to the FBI, obstruction and conspiracy.
after security camera footage was posted online that the occupants of the apartment said showed Kennedy taking money from a nightstand during the 2016 raid.
Kennedy testified at trial that he gave a flawed account due to a memory lapse rather than a deliberate attempt to deceive the agents. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph A. LaBar said it was suspicious that Kennedy and the other officer told the same false cover story. “Ask yourself if they somehow coincidentally came up with the same story,” he said.
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