James Tobin, doing what Republicans do best, cheating Americans
Tobin guilty on phone jamming charges A federal jury Thursday found a Bangor man guilty of conspiring to jam the Democrats' get-out-the-vote phone lines three years ago and guilty of aiding and abetting the jamming of those phone lines. The jury of 11 women and one man, however, acquitted James Tobin, 45, of the more serious charge of conspiring to deprive New Hampshire residents of their right to vote on Election Day in 2002. The jury announced its verdict shortly before 5 p.m. after two full days of deliberations. The female juror whose hospitalization delayed deliberations the day before returned Thursday. Tobin shook his head no as a court clerk twice read "guilty" from the verdict form. He left the Warren B. Rudman Courthouse with his arm around his wife, Ellen Tobin. Her eyes appeared to be red from crying. Tobin faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
