Boulder woman at center of jury-tampering probe found guilty on three counts in weapons case

Darine Chely not present for verdict, still at large after accusation of jury tampering
By John Aguilar, Daily Camera Staff Writer

Posted: 04/23/2010 11:59:42 AM MDT

Darine Chely wasn't present Friday afternoon when a jury found her guilty on a weapons possession charge and two counts of reckless endangerment in connection to a shooting in her north Boulder neighborhood last year.


Chely, 51, is still at large after disappearing Thursday right before closing arguments.

She faces bigger problems than Friday's verdict, having been accused of trying to bribe a juror during the three-day trial.

The jury deliberated for a day before finding Chely guilty of possessing a weapon as a previous offender, a felony; and two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment.

It acquitted her of one count of reckless endangerment.

Chely was arrested in March 2009 after she fired a bullet through the wall of her house into the home of her next-door neighbor, who was napping with her daughter in a bedroom.

No one was hurt in the incident.

Now Chely is being sought for allegedly writing a note to a juror at her trial and slipping it under his notebook during a break.

"Eric, please don't find me guilty. I will pay $5,000. I am very frightened. Please don't give this to anyone," Chely wrote, according to an arrest affidavit.

Chely faces three new felony charges -- bribery, bribing a juror and jury tampering.

The prosecution asked that a new bond be set for Chely in the amount of $500,000. The judge has not yet ruled on that request.

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