SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Latest on a Utah man facing federal charges in a sheriff’s deputies death (all times local):
4:50 p.m.
A Utah man acquitted in state court of aggravated murder in the death of a sheriff’s deputy is expected back in court Thursday as he weighs a plea deal involving federal charges against him.
Defense attorney Stephen McCaughey says Roberto Roman maintains his innocence and the deal is unlikely.
Roman claims he was in a car with Deputy Josie Fox’s brother when she was shot and killed during a traffic stop in 2010, though prosecutors dispute that.
Roman says the fatal shots were fired by Ryan Greathouse, who later died of an overdose.
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1:30 p.m.
A Utah man who was found not guilty in the death of a sheriff’s deputy after saying the officer’s brother killed her is now weighing a possible plea deal in a second round of charges against him.
A lawyer for Roberto Roman said Wednesday the deal is unlikely.
Mike Roman says his brother is innocent and the case is double-jeopardy. An appeals court rejected that argument because the second case was filed in federal court, which is separate from the Utah state that acquitted him.
Roman says he was in a car with Deputy Josie Fox’s brother when she was shot and killed during a traffic stop in 2010, though prosecutors dispute that.
Roman says the fatal shots were fired by Ryan Greathouse, who later died of an overdose.
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