Caruthersville man acquitted of robbery charge

A federal jury recently acquitted a Caruthersville, Mo., man of bank robbery and firearm charges, said defense attorney Matthew Hill.

The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for over an hour in Cape Girardeau Aug. 21, before deciding Jerry Alvin Wilson, 32, was innocent of robbing First State Community Bank in Caruthersville on Dec. 23.

Hill, who practices in Cape Girardeau, said, "My client has maintained his innocence to these charges from the beginning and I am delighted the jury agreed with him."

Hill said he was particularly proud of the result because there have only been two acquittals in the court in the last 10 years.