AUGUSTA — A jury convicted four women of criminal trespass for refusing police orders to leave the Blaine House grounds during a protest last November.
Jurors deliberated about 30 minutes before returning a verdict today in the second day of the trial in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Convicted were Elizabeth A. Burke, 49, of Union, Kimberly G. Cormier, 47, of Benton, and Patricia L. Messier, 63, and Jenny Gray, 54, both of Wiscasset, all of whom testified in their own defense on Wednesday.
In the same court in April, a mistrial was declared after a different jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
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