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Jury: CO fired gun in self-defense

Anthony Pekarski said he fired two warning shots in self defense to scare off a knife wielding attacker

By Laurie Mason Schroeder
The Intell

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — A Bucks County jury in Doylestown late Wednesday found county corrections officer Anthony Pekarski not guilty of illegally firing a gun while engaged in an off-duty street brawl last year.

Pekarski, 26, of Bristol Township, sighed with relief as he left the courtroom.

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