Commonwealth v. Pinko

¶ 1 This is a direct appeal following Appellant’s conviction by a jury of false alarms to agencies of public safety in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4905. The conviction stems from four separate incidents whereby Appellant called 911 from a pay phone falsely seeking “help.” Appellant was sentenced to 60 months of intermediate punishment, all restrictive at the Dauphin County Work Release Center or, if appropriate, to inpatient treatment for his mental illness. Appellant’s sentence is the basis for his appeal. We affirm.

¶2 On appeal Appellant questions whether the trial court abused its…