Man Ousted as Constable by a Judge in Montco
by KYW’s Brad Segall
A Lower Merion man will not take the oath of office as a constable next month even though he was elected by the voters in November. A Montgomery County judge ruled he was in contempt of court and should never have run in the first place.
Judge Paul Tressler accused Steven Sokoloff of deceiving the voters because he agreed in December 2007 never to run for constable anywhere in Montgomery County. That agreement was in exchange for the district attorney’s office not prosecuting the Ardmore man for complaints related to his work as a deputy constable.
District attorney Risa Ferman:
“When the court issues an order and you are told what the order says you have an obligation to comply with it and any individual who is going to arrogantly ignore a court order is going to suffer consequences.”
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