BOSTON - One Brighton man's 'A' for effort is coming with 2½ years of corrections after he admitted to doctoring a court clerk’s copy of his 'guilty' verdict slip in an earlier conviction.
David Scher, 34, pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to single counts of forgery and tampering with a court document, as well as two counts of perjury and three counts of uttering a false document, all in connection with his handiwork following a 2014 conviction for larceny in Boston Municipal Court.
Scher allegedly went back to the courthouse, swapped the clerk's file on his larceny conviction, and replaced it with a forged verdict slip. The case file is public record, and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said Scher retrieved it, forged a copy of the verdict slip, altered it to say "not guilty", and replaced the real jury slip with his fake.
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Scher was found guilty in 2014 of stealing a laptop from Suffolk Law School, where he attended.
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Scher was given a 2½-year house of corrections sentence with one year to serve and the balance suspended for a two-year probationary term. If he violates probation, he could be re-sentenced to up to 20 years in state prison on perjury charges.
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The forged guilty slip made its way around to the Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons. It was considered under the pains and penalties of perjury in connection with proceedings to revoke Scher’s broker’s license for failing to report his conviction to the board, the Suffolk DA's office said.
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