After a weeklong jury trial in Federal Court, the Jury found Officer A.B. NOT GUILTY of two of the tree felonies he was charged with by the U.S. Government. A.B. was charged criminally of using excessive force and with 2 counts of obstruction of justice for his preparation of two reports relating to the arrest of the accused. The Government alleged that A.B. intentionally falsified reports in an attempt to obstruct a federal investigation. At trial, it was proven that any mistakes on the reports were not intentional and not done to obstruct any investigation. This was a significant victory which will affect law enforcement as a whole. The jury concluded that there is a significant distinction between impeachment and intentional falsification. Hopefully this verdict will assure prosecutors that mistaken reports do not automatically rise to the level of criminal conduct. 14 CR 674 (2015)