Repeat Offender Avoids Non-Jury Trial, Receives Six-Months Probation

Our Pittsburgh criminal defense attorneys at Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC were recently contacted and retained to represent an individual with an extensive criminal history arrested by the Pittsburgh Police Department. Our client was driving and approached for a traffic stop by undercover police officers known to our client. Our client was arrested and charged with fleeing and eluding, driving on a suspended license and possession. As a repeat offender, these charges against our client carry hundreds of dollars in fines and over two years of mandatory jail time.

Our client’s previous criminal history factored heavily in the charges brought against him and our attorneys worked hard to defend our client in this case. Our client’s case was headed towards a non-jury trial but we successfully negotiated with the Commonwealth and secured the charges of possession and driving on a suspended license to be dismissed against our client. Our client was given only a six-month supervised probation sentence for fleeing and eluding and left the preliminary hearing without being required to serve any jail time.

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