The Long Slow Arm of the Law

A Cumberland county PA man was recently sentenced to 30 days house arrest for DUI and drug paraphernalia charges he incurred in 1998. When he showed up to serve a 23 month prison term for the crime, he was turned away by prison authorities because there was no paperwork to be found on him. He was fairly upset to learn this summer that his paperwork had reshuffled itself back to the surface and prosecutors wanted to send him to jail for the 8 year old crime. Instead, since he had no subsequent arrests in the lat 8 years, Judge Edgar B. Bayley sentenced him to 30 days house arrest, which only allowed him to go to work during this period. District Attorney David Freed agreed saying, "That's a fair resolution."