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Man who pretended to be a cop gets 5 years in prison
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Posted on Sep 01 2020
A man who was arrested for impersonating a police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Superior Court Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan sentenced last week Daniel Muna Quitugua, 42, to five years in prison for impersonating a Department of Public Safety police officer and stealing $700.
Quitugua was initially charged with impersonating an officer, kidnapping, theft, and resisting arrest.
He later pleaded guilty to the impersonation and theft charges in a plea agreement.
Quitugua will serve the five-year prison sentence for the charge of impersonating an officer, which would run concurrently with the charge of theft.
Bogdan gave Quitugua credit for time served. The defendant has been in DOC custody since Nov. 26, 2019.
Under the plea agreement, Quitugua will be eligible for parole and after serving his sentence, he will be immediately placed on probation for 10 years.
Bogdan ordered Quitugua to have no contact with the victim in this case and to pay a fine of $100 as well as court and probation costs.
According to court documents, Quitugua pretended to be an officer on July 12, 2019, and took $700 from the victim. Case evidence showed that Quitugua took advantage of the victim, an immigrant, by trying to bully him with his pretend authority into giving up the $700.
