A juror has been fined more than $11,000 for googling an ICE officer’s patch during a criminal trial and sharing his findings with his fellow jurors, which resulted in a federal judge declaring a mistrial in the case.
Stephen Meile was part of a jury considering a case to decide whether a legal Nicaraguan immigrant assaulted ICE officers in 2017.
The panel were shown a photograph of the ICE officer’s uniform which had a mysterious patch attached to it, prompting the jurors to question what it signified.
