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>Sometimes they'll upgrade the charge or write a false charge because many people just plead guilty How do you know that, and where do you live that the police file charges? That's typically the job of a prosecutor. >A local police department was spreading similar misinformation on Facebook about something being a misdemeanor when it should have been a summary offense. I ended up having to get the DA involved to set…
Many lesser offenses are handled via a summary trial at the local Magistrate in Pennsylvania. The officer is the one representing the state/prosecution in those instances. The DA will typically not get involved (currently going through this). Most of the time I believe it is incompetence or complacency/laziness that would be the cause for incorrect charges. But I have heard of cops screwing someone over by writing th…
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#51Thank you for the detailed explanation. That was helpful and clear.