By Kim Minugh
kminugh@sacbee.com
Tempting as it might sometimes seem, posing as attorney to get your way is not a good idea. Bruce Roberson (photo left) was arrested and accused of doing just that.
Roberson, 49, is sitting in the Sacramento County Main Jail today, held in lieu of $25,000 bail and facing two charges for falsely misrepresenting himself as a lawyer in a friend's credit dispute, according to Sacramento police.
The charades began when a friend of Roberson's identified a problem with her credit, said police Officer Laura Peck. Roberson sent correspondence to a collection agency - using letterheads from the State Department of Fair Employment and Housing, where he works - claiming to be a lawyer to make the problem disappear, Peck said.
But the agency's attorney didn't buy it. Somebody later contacted police.
Roberson was arrested this morning at his place of employment.
He faces a possible misdemeanor charge of claiming to be an attorney without actually being an active member of the State Bar of California, according to jail booking records. But he also faces a possible charge - this one a felony - for using someone else's identification because he posed as an attorney who actually exists, Peck said.
Peck said police suspect that Roberson's friend didn't initially know what he was doing, but that she later found out. She does not face any charges, Peck said.
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