Former Gov. Carl Gutierrez was acquitted Tuesday on charges he used government workers and public money to build and improve his cliffside ranch. A jury in the U.S. territory also cleared Gutierrez’s former chief of staff, Gil Shinohara, and former airport manager Gerald Yingling. Gutierrez, who was governor from 1995 to 2003, was accused of conspiring with Shinohara and Yingling to use government employees and $64,000 in government materials on his two-story ranch. Full Story