{"id":20077,"date":"2024-05-21T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20077"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:43:14","slug":"a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/","title":{"rendered":"A new trial date is set for Jefferson&#8217;s former clerk Kirk Reams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new trial has been set for former Jefferson County Clerk of Courts Kirk Reams after a judge declared a mistrial.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came on Wednesday, May 8, after state prosecutors laid out accusations of Reams <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/wfsu-local-news\/2023-09-21\/the-jefferson-county-clerk-of-courts-has-been-arrested-and-suspended\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stealing $829,000 from the county<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reams\u2019 trial was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/wfsu-local-news\/2024-05-07\/a-trial-is-now-underway-for-jefferson-countys-former-clerk\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to last a week<\/a> but after day two, Reams\u2019 lawyers had heard enough of hearing witnesses bring up their client\u2019s old cases. They argued it wasn\u2019t fair to mention any previous charges that were not relevant to this trial\u2013and Judge Stephen Everett agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Everett ordered for such cases to be left out. But after two of the state\u2019s witnesses made comments about Reams\u2019 2017 arrest on petty theft, a motion for a mistrial was granted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cant argue in good conscience that its not prejudicial,&#8221; State Attorney Jack Campbell said to the judge. &#8220;If you grant the motion for mistrial, you would be on solid ground.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A new trial is set for Aug 19th. The state will now file a motion to try Reams and Justin Tyler McNeill, another co-defendant, together. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20078,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A new trial date is set for Jefferson&#039;s former clerk Kirk Reams - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A new trial date is set for Jefferson&#039;s former clerk Kirk Reams - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reams&#039; case ended in a mistrial.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-21T18:43:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ap17326359844491-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/\",\"name\":\"A new trial date is set for Jefferson's former clerk Kirk Reams - WFSU Local Routes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-21T17:39:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-21T18:43:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A new trial date is set for Jefferson&#8217;s former clerk Kirk Reams\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\",\"name\":\"WFSU Local Routes\",\"description\":\"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A new trial date is set for Jefferson's former clerk Kirk Reams - WFSU Local Routes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A new trial date is set for Jefferson's former clerk Kirk Reams - WFSU Local Routes","og_description":"Reams' case ended in a mistrial.","og_url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/","og_site_name":"WFSU Local Routes","article_modified_time":"2024-05-21T18:43:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ap17326359844491-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/","name":"A new trial date is set for Jefferson's former clerk Kirk Reams - WFSU Local Routes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-05-21T17:39:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T18:43:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-new-trial-date-is-set-for-jeffersons-former-clerk-kirk-reams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A new trial date is set for Jefferson&#8217;s former clerk Kirk Reams"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/","name":"WFSU Local Routes","description":"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wfsu-news\/20077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wfsu-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wfsu-news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}