Retired official on trial on behalf of 9/11 supply theft
Retired Cmdr. Charles Coughlin got $331,034 from the collection decide up by house modish the wake of the attacks. But prosecutor Susan Menzer told jurors Tuesday in the field of opening arguments so as to Coughlin sought to take plus of the countrys generosity by filing a false assertion. Coughlins attorney John Bourgeois denied the allegations and described Coughlin equally a hero who helped his fellow victims here the attacks. Coughlin was fundamental tried in vogue 2009 along with his wife, in addition accused of making a false statement to the savings account in vogue support of her husbands effort. The jury found Charles Coughlin not guilty on three mail fraud counts, but couldnt settle on a verdict on four counts adjacent to him before the charge adjacent to his wife.