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SANFORD, Fla. - A previously dismissed potential juror in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial was escorted off courthouse property by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office on Friday and warned he could be arrested for trespassing if he returns. SCSO tells Local 6 they "trespassed one of the dismissed jurors" from courthouse property. The potential juror, 55-year-old unemployed painter and guitar player Jerry Counelis, was eliminated from the jury pool on Wednesday after defense attorneys found a posting from him on a Facebook page from 2012. Counelis was at the courthouse on Friday during the lunch hour complaining about his...

Potential juror previously had been caught posting on anti-Zimmerman Facebook page and was upset his name was reported in the media. Readers will recall the curious case of prospective juror E7 that occurred this past Wednesday, Zimmerman Prosp. Juror  E7: “no conclusions,” but posted on pro-Trayvon, anti-Zimmerman site containing threat against Zimmerman.That prospective juror since has been identified in the media as Jerry P. Counelis.Here is the message he posted on a Facebook page belonging to the “Coffee Party Progressives” which was the subject of court questioning:Counelis was dismissed from the jury pool for obvious reasons after he was confronted...

SANFORD, Fla. — Channel 9 has learned a potential juror in the George Zimmerman trial who had been dismissed Wednesday was escorted out of the Seminole County courthouse on Friday. The man, referred to only by his juror number, E7, was at the courthouse demanding to know how the defense learned of a website post that got him dismissed earlier this week. Stay with WFTV.com and tune in to Eyewitness News at 4 p.m. for updates! The posting read, in part: "In Sanford and I can tell you this. Justice is coming."