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HUDSON, Wisc. -- A jury on Friday evening found Jared C. Britton of Regina not guilty of felony murder for causing the death of fellow University of Wisconsin-Stout student Bradley L. Simon.
The verdict was reached following seven hours of deliberations.
Britton, 23, played for the university's hockey team and now resides in Maplewood, Minn.
He and Jedidiah R. McGlasson, 22, of Menomonie, Wisc., faced charges for causing Simon's death after the victim fell from a bicycle outside a bar in Menomonie last Sept. 18.
Simon sustained traumatic head injuries and died on Sept. 23.
Britton and Simon argued in the Log Jam tavern in downtown Menomonie prior to Simon's death. Britton, McGlasson and other UW-Stout hockey team members and recruits waited for Simon outside the tavern.
It remains uncertain who pushed the bicycle. On Thursday Joe Krier, a retired UW-Stout executive director of athletics and recreation, testified that Britton told him McGlasson pushed the bike as it came toward him.
Britton told police McGlasson pushed the bike. McGlasson, whose trial is scheduled for August, hasn't given a statement to police.
Defence attorney Earl Gray had argued the bike's defective brakes and Simon's level of intoxication were responsible for the crash. The prosecution contended Britton shoved the bike Simon was riding because he was upset about a comment Simon made about his clothing.
The trial was moved to the town of Hudson because of pretrial publicity in Menomonie
HUDSON, Wisc. -- A jury on Friday evening found Jared C. Britton of Regina not guilty of felony murder for causing the death of fellow University of Wisconsin-Stout student Bradley L. Simon.
The verdict was reached following seven hours of deliberations.
Britton, 23, played for the university's hockey team and now resides in Maplewood, Minn.
He and Jedidiah R. McGlasson, 22, of Menomonie, Wisc., faced charges for causing Simon's death after the victim fell from a bicycle outside a bar in Menomonie last Sept. 18.
Simon sustained traumatic head injuries and died on Sept. 23.
Britton and Simon argued in the Log Jam tavern in downtown Menomonie prior to Simon's death. Britton, McGlasson and other UW-Stout hockey team members and recruits waited for Simon outside the tavern.
It remains uncertain who pushed the bicycle. On Thursday Joe Krier, a retired UW-Stout executive director of athletics and recreation, testified that Britton told him McGlasson pushed the bike as it came toward him.
Britton told police McGlasson pushed the bike. McGlasson, whose trial is scheduled for August, hasn't given a statement to police.
Defence attorney Earl Gray had argued the bike's defective brakes and Simon's level of intoxication were responsible for the crash. The prosecution contended Britton shoved the bike Simon was riding because he was upset about a comment Simon made about his clothing.
The trial was moved to the town of Hudson because of pretrial publicity in Menomonie
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