A man with a criminal record masqueraded as an attorney for months after stealing the identify of a lawyer with the same name, Pennsylvania authorities say. Jailed last week, Jeffrey P. Riddell, 40, faces a charge of unauthorized practice of law. Prosecutor Stephen S. Snook said he became suspicious when he received a letter that was written on the lawyer's stationary but that sounded threatening and "goofy." Said Snook: "The letter was just not what you would expect an attorney to write."
August 09, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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A man with a criminal record masqueraded as an attorney for months after stealing the identify of a lawyer with the same name, authorities said.
Jeffrey P. Riddell, 40, of Hershey, has never held a law license in Pennsylvania, but claimed to be another attorney with the same first and last names, authorities said. At the time, the real attorney was living in Russia.
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