Ex-police officer acquitted of perjury - Philly.com
After deliberating just 45 minutes, a Philadelphia jury on Tuesday acquitted former Police Officer Steven Lupo of charges that he lied under oath about a warrantless 2011 search of a drug suspect's car. Lupo, 38, fought back tears as he and his wife, Valerie, left the courtroom after the Common Pleas Court jury of eight women and four men announced its verdict. "I'm just thankful the jury made the right decision," said Lupo, who testified in his defense. When he was charged in March 2014, Judge Edward C. Wright ordered separate trials on allegations involving the 2011 car stop and another Lupo made in 2010. The perjury charge involving the 2010 case remains, and Wright set a status hearing for... Scott-Murphy said she would evaluate with her supervisors the remaining charges against Lupo and announce at the next hearing whether the case will proceed. The jury heard two days of testimony and argument in a case that confronted them with the question of whether Lupo lied or forgot when he testified that he never opened the trunk of drug suspect Amiraria Farsi's 1998 Buick Regal sedan after Farsi... 18, 2011, defense attorney Michael Diamondstein surprised prosecutors and Lupo by producing a video from an outside surveillance camera showing Lupo and a police sergeant opening the trunk of the Buick and looking inside for about 20 seconds... Source: www.philly.com
