I have no reason to believe that the picture in their tweet was the item seized in this instance. They could be using a stock photo. But hey, why worry about tainting the jury pool, right? Guilty!
How many people do you think follow that twitter account?
Even if half the citizens have prior knowledge of a case, you'd just pick the jury out of the other half.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210827050158/https://www.mercu...
Somewhat interestingly, the photo is no longer in the story, hence the wayback link. Though the hi-res photo itself remains:
https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SJM-L...