UPDATE: Juror were unable to reach a verdict Friday and will resume deliberations on Monday.
UPDATE: The Sun's Tricia Bishop reports --The jury deliberating in the animal cruelty trial of Travers and Tremayne Johnson sent a note to the judge Friday morning suggesting that they are having trouble reaching a verdict.
They went at it for nine hours on Thursday, and still jurors couldn't decide on a verdict in the animal cruelty case against brothers Travers and Tremayne Johnson. The jury will resume talks this morning.
The 18-year-old twins are charged with setting fire to a pit bull known as "Phoenix" in 2009, in a case that has become the centerpiece in a series of animal abuse cases. Defense attorneys say the teens were wrongly accused by Baltimore police under pressure from outraged animal welfare advocates.
Complete details of Thursday's courtroom drama can be found here. The Sun's court reporter, Tricia Bishop, wrote about Thursday's closings: