As potential jurors gathered in the Summit County courthouse one December day for a high-profile trial, an investigator for the prosecutors mingled among them.
He reportedly chit-chatted about his family, life in Roosevelt and spoke highly of the lawyers in the Uintah County Attorney’s Office. He talked about how he was working on the case the jurors were there to hear.
Now, prosecutors say that Uintah County Attorney’s Office investigator Jayson Chamberlain’s conversations may violate the law. He was charged Tuesday with third-degree felony tampering with a juror. If convicted, Chamberlain could face a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison.