OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal jury has acquitted a Nebraska crime-scene investigator accused of falsifying records in a 2006 double-murder case and depriving two men initially charged in the slayings of their rights.
Jurors took little more than an hour to return not guilty verdicts Thursday on all four counts against Douglas County CSI commander David Kofoed.
Kofoed, 52, was charged in April with falsifying records, mail fraud and two counts of civil-rights violations. He still faces two related civil lawsuits and a state charge of evidence tampering. His arraignment in the latter case is set for Monday.