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Jury Resumes Deliberations in Officer’s Trial

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – A northern Indiana jury has begun its second day of deliberations in the reckless homicide and drunken driving trial of an Indianapolis police officer charged in a fatal crash.
 
The Fort Wayne jury resumed deliberations Tuesday morning in the case of suspended Indianapolis police officer David Bisard. Jurors deliberated about three hours Monday after prosecutors and defense attorneys finished closing arguments.
 
Bisard's patrol car crashed into two motorcycles stopped at an Indianapolis traffic light in August 2010, killing a 30-year-old man and seriously injuring two other people.

Allen County Judge John Surbeck dismissed one juror Monday for researching blood-alcohol tests online in violation of Surbeck's instructions.
 
Two other jurors previously were excused, leaving no alternate jurors remaining. If an additional juror were dismissed, the case would end in a mistrial.

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