Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A Falls Township man was sentenced to probation for pretending to be a first responder during a standoff earlier this year.
Wiliam Mulcahy, 39, entered a negotiated guilty plea this month on charges of impersonating a public servant, obstruction of the administration of law, improper flashing blue lights and driving with a suspended license, according to court documents. Judge Theodore Fritsch sentenced the 39 year old to three years of probation, required him to pay costs and undergo a mental health evaluation.
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Mulcahy was charged in March after Tullytown police discovered he impersonated fire police and showed up at the scene of the standoff at a gun store with activated blue emergency lights on February 23.
Police wrote in court papers that Mulcahy blocked access to a roadway near Route 13 and the Levittown Town Center shopping plaza. A short time later, he traveled the area of South Kenwood and North Kenwood drives and began acting like a fire policeman.
Police said fire police who were already at the intersection began talking to Mulcahy and quickly realized he wasn’t who he appeared to be.
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When asked by a Middletown police officer, Mulcahy implied he was with a Bensalem fire company, but he was not able to produce documentation he was with a fire company or that he was allowed to operate emergency lighting in his SUV, court papers stated.
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Several Lower Bucks County fire company officials told police Mulcahy was not an active member.
When confronted, Mulcahy admitted to investigators he was not with a fire company and just wanted to help, police said.
