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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal court jury in Pittsburgh has acquitted a plastic surgeon on all 10 counts that he tampered with witnesses and falsified records to thwart a government investigation. The jury deliberated just 90 minutes Tuesday before finding 70-year-old Dr. Daniel Teet not guilty following a trial that began Nov. 10. Prosecutors say the Greensburg doctor told grand jury witnesses to lie and fudged records to thwart a probe into allegations that Teet overmedicated drug-dependent patients. Teet was never charged with overprescribing drugs and never lost his medical license. Teet's attorneys argued he was a reputable surgeon wrongly accused by junkies and disgruntled former employees. Teet didn't comment on the verdict, but defense attorney Michael DeRiso says, "We're thankful that the system worked ... This was a case of government over-reaching."