Brooklyn cop gets no prison time for lying about getting run over

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/01/09/brooklyn-cop-gets-no-prison-time-for-lying-about-getting-run-over/

January 9, 2020 Rob Abruzzese

A member of the NYPD avoided a prison sentence on Wednesday when a Brooklyn judge gave him one day in jail and four years of probation as a punishment for lying about getting run over.

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The suspect was arrested two days later and charged with attempted assault and reckless endangerment, and was eventually indicted on 10 separate charges that would ultimately never be proven in court.

It wasn’t until the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office received video surveillance footage on May 28, 2019, that Bergmann was caught in his lie. According to the District Attorney’s Office, that video showed the unmarked police car pull up to the suspect’s car, the two officers emerging from the car, then the suspect’s car driving off without ever coming close to striking either officer, who were never in front of the car and never had to dive out of the way.

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