Barrister Ralph Gibson Pagter Jr. (shown here without the Bowie Knife)LA Now
A Santa Anna, California partner in the law firm Pagter and Miller has been arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a process server who tried to serve a civil suit on the Bowie Knife wielding barrister at his home.
According to Santa Ana Police Sgt. Mark Kozakowski, when the process server tried to serve the papers Ralph Gibson Pagter Jr., 49, confronted the man, threatened him, then tried to stab him.
According to police, Pagter’s weapon of choice to fend off process servers is described as a large hunting knife, the Los Angeles Times blog LA Now reported.
The process server fled unharmed and called police, who arrived at the home and arrested Pagter on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police told the Times. He was booked at the Orange County Jail and released today on $25,000 bail.
Pagter, who specializes in bankruptcy law, has been a California attorney since 1984.
What, if anything, caused Pagter to flip out and allegedly assault the process server is not known.
Perhaps Pagter thought that the man was a would be burglar...trying to serve him with papers?
Since the process server was unarmed and outside Pagter’s home self defense would seem like a tough sell-but the case will be filed in Southern California……
We have covered lawyers arrested and/or convicted for all manner of misbehavior—including slavery, bribery, theft, forgery, embezzlement, manufacturing methamphetamine, mail fraud, being naked in the office, shoplifting, fighting, child molestation, and rape—but this is our first report of an alleged lawyer-on-process-server attack with a bowie knife.
Congratulations barrister Pagter—you have made blogging history.
But will the charges "stick"? Stay tuned.
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