A North Las Vegas antheral volition walk 30 days successful jailhouse aft helium admitted to utilizing idiosyncratic else’s barroom fig and pretending to beryllium an attorney.
Jerrell Roberts, 40, who appeared retired of custody Wednesday, shrieked arsenic a tribunal marshal handcuffed him.
In March, helium pleaded blameworthy to 1 felony count of obtaining and utilizing idiosyncratic identifying accusation of Las Vegas civilian lawyer Jerrell Berrios.
District Judge Ron Israel called the jailhouse sentence, which was added to a three-year probation, a slap connected the wrist.
“It’s the slightest to amusement you that you cannot bash this s—-,” District Judge Ron Israel said.
After Roberts serves the jailhouse sentence, during which helium is ineligible for aboriginal release, helium volition beryllium placed connected probation for 3 years, arsenic Israel besides ordered.
If helium successfully completes probation and different requirements, helium tin retreat his felony plea and alternatively plead blameworthy to a misdemeanor number of practicing instrumentality without a license.
Roberts apologized to his family, Berrios, and the tribunal during the sentencing.
Defense lawyer Michael Pariente sought probation for Roberts, a petition prosecutors did not oppose.
Pariente said that Roberts, a erstwhile juvenile probation officer, was a astute feline who made a dumb mistake.
Still, Israel said helium was unconvinced.
“This was calculated by idiosyncratic who truly should person known better. It’s not a one-time thing, ” the justice said. “This is what undermines the religion successful the judicial system.”
Roberts was archetypal arrested astatine the Regional Justice Center successful August aft police said helium utilized Berrios’ barroom fig connected filings and portion appearing successful court.
Roberts had fixed a existent lawyer a concern paper that referred to him arsenic “Jerrell D. Roberts, Esq., Attorney and Financial Consultant,” according to police.
He besides invited his family, friends and coworkers to be a ceremonial for his swearing-in to the bar, which was conducted by Family Court Judge Sunny Bailey successful 2024, constabulary said.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Colleen Brown said Bailey had nary thought Roberts was not authorized to signifier law.
At the clip of his arrest, Roberts worked for Clark County Juvenile Justice Services. Spokesperson Jennifer Cooper said Roberts “separated from” the region connected Nov. 5.
Roberts told constabulary helium made up Berrios’ barroom number, adjacent though helium and Berrios shared a archetypal name.
After court, Pariente said that Roberts had accepted the jailhouse sentence.
“He is committed to afloat complying with each probation presumption and successfully completing probation pursuing his merchandise successful 1 month,” Pariente said.
Contact Akiya Dillon astatine adillon@reviewjournal.com.
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