ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After deliberating for about an hour, a jury found Meredith Broome guilty of obstruction of justice on Wednesday.

Broome, 35, of Rome, Georgia, is the stepdaughter of Marvin Brown, former Powhatan Point mayor and businessman who was murdered in 2013. Charges against Broome stem from allegations that she assisted her mother, Brown’s widow Deborah Doty Brown, in preventing him from discovering Doty Brown’s thefts from his business. Broome’s sentencing hearing was set for Oct. 15. She was taken into custody Wednesday and will be held in jail until that date.

The proceeding was a retrial. Earlier this year, Broome was found innocent of tampering with evidence, but that jury remained undecided on the obstruction charge. Transcripts of that trial’s testimony were used in this trial, and several past witnesses were recalled. Broome did not take the stand.

Brown was murdered in November of 2013 during a home invasion. Steven Moore, 38, who has pleaded guilty to the crime, is awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for December, for aggravated murder and aggravated robbery charges with gun specifications. Belmont County Common Pleas Judge John Vavra ordered that there be no communication between Broome and Moore.