Former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of attempting to defraud the city-owned utility.
– Attorneys for former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn have filed a motion following his conviction on conspiracy and wire fraud charges.His attorneys argue that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions on the charges.
The verdict puts a punctuation mark on a scandal that shook the city and JEA back in 2019. Some have called it the greatest scheme to defraud the taxpayers in the history of Jacksonville. I am so thankful to Judge Davis for a fair trial and the jurors for seeing the truth of this situation without the lens of politics. Their commitment to the deliberation process was humbling.
I just want to finish by saying to anyone out there who is going through a tough time right now, I would encourage you to turn to God. My day to day dependency on Him has expanded dramatically through this process. For anyone who is going through a tough time, understand it’s not from God. We live in a broken and fallen world. Bad things happen in life. It’s not always happy endings. But even in the midst of the brokenness and sin we can still run to God and rest under the shadow of his wings.
“It’s nice to see that the justice system does work, you know it’s not always the case when you see all the evidence presented, granted the general public sees a lot more than what the jury does, but this is a time where I think the justice system succeeded,” Kevin McPheeters said.“Well it’s wonderful, you know it’s showing us that somebody is watching out for us and that checks and balances are working,” Truman said.and the separate juries began deliberating on Thursday.
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