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Charges Against Local 10 Reporter Dropped

Miami-Dade School Police Said Jeff Weinsier Was Trespassing

POSTED: Tuesday, November 13, 2007

UPDATED: 1:05 pm EST November 13,2007

MIAMI -- Charges against Local 10 reporter Jeff Weinsier were dropped by the state attorney's office Tuesday.

"I feel vindicated," said Weinsier.

Weinsier was arrested by Miami-Dade School police on Oct. 23 at Miami Central High School. Police said he was on school property and arrested him for trespassing while he was at the school doing a report on violence.

After his arrest, police discovered he was carrying a loaded handgun.

In what is called a close-out memo, Assistant State Attorney Maggie Gerson said there was no evidence that Weinsier was ever on school grounds.

As far as the gun Weinsier was carrying, Gerson said: "Anything that was found on the defendant after he was arrested will be suppressed as a matter of law."

School police have not responded to Local 10's request for a comment on the dismissal of the charges.

"We were allowed to be on that public sidewalk, " Weinsier said after a brief court appearance Tuesday.

Weinsier was suspended for two weeks by Local 10 for carrying a handgun while working, which is a violation of station policy.

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