Jury finds Kirk Reams not guilty

Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing The state last week failed to make its case against Clerk of Court Kirk Reams, whom a six-member jury exonerated of the charge of petit theft. Following a four-plus hour trial on Thursday, Jan. 11, a jury of four women and two men barely took 20 minutes to deliver a verdict of not guilty. “I feel vindicated,” Reams told the Monticello News. “I feel redeemed. I'm not trying to be naïve, but if you feel you didn't do anything wrong, it's restorative. I put