A potential juror was excused Tuesday after being overheard using profanity to describe the man on trial for allegedly stealing and torturing a flamingo from a Strip resort.
The juror made the remark to another person about Mitchell Fairbarn, 34, who is out of custody on high-level electronic monitoring, while Fairbarn was waiting in the hallway outside the courtroom where his trial was set to begin, District Judge Jacqueline Bluth said.
Bluth dismissed the juror after a bench conference with attorneys.
The man was overheard describing Fairbarn as the “piece of s— that took the flamingo,” Bluth said.
The judge had previously asked the man whether he had seen news coverage about Fairbarn and could remain impartial in deciding a verdict.
