Overview
- Jurors heard that Snapchat messages from October allegedly offered $2,000 for information and $10,000 "if you take him down," alongside a photo of Gregory Bovino.
- The government's first witness, Adrian Jimenez, testified that he shared the messages with a Homeland Security investigator and acknowledged prior paid informant work.
- U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow barred references to gang membership and excluded certain texts and a short video the government sought to use.
- A jury of six men and six women, with two alternates, was seated Tuesday, and the trial is expected to conclude this week.
- Juan Espinoza Martinez has pleaded not guilty to one count of solicitation of murder for hire, faces up to 10 years if convicted, and Bovino is not expected to testify.