Commonwealth v. Ward

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

The Commonwealth, appellant herein, contends that the lower court erred in granting appellee’s motion to arrest judgment of sentence. The lower court held that appellee’s arrest was illegal because the police officer lacked statutory authority to make an arrest under Section 2 of the Act of January 14, 1952, P.L. (1951) 2016; 53 P.S. §732.

*552On June 16, 1973, Officer Howard Frankenfield, an auxiliary policeman with nineteen years experience on the Borough of Hellertown police force, received a radio call to proceed to the scene of an accident in the 600 block of Main…