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Menendez trial takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

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The mishap came on a day when prosecutors slowly tried to build their case against the Democratic senator.

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  1. ABC 13 Houston

    Sen. Bob Menendez trial takes weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    Jurors were trapped in an elevator for several minutes during what was supposed to be a 10-minute late-afternoon break that lasted almost a half hour.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial is on a weeklong break after Manhattan federal court jurors got stuck in an elevator.

  3. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Menendez trial takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    NJ.com / Star-Ledger's feed description

    The mishap came on a day when prosecutors slowly tried to build their case against the Democratic senator.

  4. Green Field Reporter

    Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break on Tuesday after federal court jurors who were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case got stuck in an elevator a day after they were forced from their usual assembly room because of flooding.

  5. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Judge Sidney H. Stein said jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial were trapped in an elevator for several minutes during what was supposed to be a...

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