SARASOTA – Circuit Judge Nancy Donnellan on Thursday handed a stern rebuke, and a three-day jail sentence, to a juror who sent a Facebook message to the defendant in an auto negligence case.

Jacob Jock, a 29-year-old graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, was dismissed from jury duty after the defendant, a young woman, disclosed that he had contacted her via the Facebook social media website as the trial began in December.

But what most angered Donnellan was Jock’s bragging on Facebook about it after the fact, when he wrote: “Score … I got dismissed!! apparently they frown upon sending a friend request to the defendant … haha.” (Read Full Article Here)