No Jail Sentence For Mercer County Man Charged With Impersonating A Public Servant

An interesting case from Mercer County recently came to our criminal lawyers at Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC. A 35-year-old man managed to get possession of a local fire department pager, put flashing lights on his car and showed up to all fires in the area. He was charged accordingly with impersonating a public servant, a 1st degree misdemeanor receiving stolen property, possession or use of display of documents used to impersonate a public servant, and driving without a registration. As a past registered sex offender with significant criminal felony history on his record, he was looking at 12-24 months of incarceration if convicted. He turned to experienced attorney Samir Sarna for help in this unusual case.

With his client’s best interest in mind, Sarna immediately went to work for him. At the preliminary hearing, Sarna successfully negotiated for all charges to be dismissed against his client with the exception of the misdemeanor receiving stolen property charge, to which he pled guilty. The designated sentence was six months of county IP with the first three months being house arrest with electronic monitoring. Our client was kept out of jail, a huge win for him, based on his previous criminal history.

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