The jury in the trial of a police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ended five hours of deliberations Friday without a verdict. The jury in the case of suspended Martins Ferry, Ohio, Police Chief Barry Carpenter began deliberations about 4:30 P.M. local time and ended for the day five hours later. Deliberations are expected to resume Monday morning. Carpenter is accused of taking items related to pregnancy and the surrogacy from the home and scheming with the police chief of a neighboring town to sell them to celebrity photographers. Earlier Friday, a prosecutor in closing arguments said Carpenter abused his authority and tried to “blame it all on being a joke.” Carpenter testified Friday that he never discussed selling items from the home to paparazzi. He went into the woman's home after he saw a basement door open while on routine patrol and took a photo of a surrogacy file that contained two ultrasound pictures and of a plaster cast of a pregnant stomach. He says he showed the photo of the cast to paparazzi and to several other people.
