GRUNDY CENTER - A Grundy County judge charged with domestic abuse was found innocent Friday.

Jeffrey Harris, an associate judge for Iowa's first district, was charged in April with domestic abuse after a reported incident with his wife, Denise.

Harris requested a jury hearing for the simple misdemeanor. Usually those hearings are heard before a judge unless the defendant asks for a jury.

The case began Thursday in Marshall County. The trial was moved to Marshalltown because Harris regularly presides in Grundy County.

The jury returned the not guilty verdict at 5 p.m. Friday.

Denise Harris told Grundy Center police in April that her husband pushed her and took her cell phone during an argument March 27.

The Iowa Attorney General's Office prosecuted the case at Grundy County Attorney Brad Harris' request.