Chinese woman found not guilty of trespassing, guilty of resisting arrest for Mar-a-Lago incident
Chinese woman found not guilty of trespassing, guilty of resisting arrest for Mar-a-Lago incident
A Chinese woman was found not guilty of trespassing on Wednesday, but guilty of resisting arrest, for a security incident at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club back in December.
Lu Jing, 56, faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison for the resisting arrest conviction.
She will be sentenced this Friday, Feb.
14.
A jury of four women and three men deliberated for roughly 90 minutes on Wednesday.
VERDICT FOR THE ACCUSEDCHINESE WOMAN.
THE JURY - MAQUICK WORK THIS MORNING -TAKING AN HOUR TO CLEAR HER OFTRESPASSING AT MAR A LAGO -BUT FOUND HER GUILTY FRESISTING PALM BEACH POLICE.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S MATTSCZESNY WAS IN THE COURTROTHIS MORNING.LU JING IS NO LONGER ASUSPECTED MAR A LAGO TRESPASSER- BUT THE JURY DID NOT LET HERGO ENTIRELY AND SHE IS STINOT ABLE TO WALK OUT OF THCOURTHOUSE FREE -“AS TO COUNTONE WE FIND THE DEFENDANT NOTGUILTY AS TO COUNT TWO WE FINDTHE DEFENDANT GUILTY OFRESISTING AN OFFICER WITHOUTVIOLENCE” THE CHINESE WOMAN&LU JING DIDN'T REACT AT FIRSTTO THE VERDICTSÃIT WAS ONLYA SHORT TIME LATER WHEN THEYWERE TRANSLATED, AND SHE SEEMTO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE STARTEDSHOWING EMOTION.
A DAY EARLIIN HER OWN DEFENSEÃSHEINSISTEDÃNOT ONLY DID SNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT ANYONE ATMAR A LAGO WAS SAYING TO HER&SHE ALSO DIDNPREVENTING HER FROM WALKING INLAST DECEMBER -“THERE WAS NOGATE HERE.
WAS THERE ANYTHINGTO MAKE YOU BELIEVE YOU COULNOT WALK IN THIS PATH?
NO”MAR A LAGO SECURITY GUARD SAYSHE TRIED TO GET JING TO LEAVETHE PROPERTYÃTWICE“I TOLDHER TO LEAVE AND POINTED BACKTO THE ROAD” JING WAS FOUNGUILTY OF RESISTING ARRESTWITHOUT VIOLENCEÃDURING ACONFRONTATION WITH PALM BEACHPOLICE TWO MILES FROM MARLAGO“WHEN I TOOK OUT THEHANDCUFFS SHE TOOK A STEP BACROSSED HER ARMS AND PUT HERHANDS IN A FIST AND STARTESCREAMING NO, NO, NO ” JINGPUBLIC DEFENDER SAYS THECHINESE WOMAN WAS JUST SCAREDÃAND NOT UNDERSTANDINANYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING.“SHEMADE AN HONEST MISTAKE” THEJURY ONLY SEEM TO SEE THEHONEST MISTAKE IN THETRESPASSING CHARGE - JIN
