Ninth Judicial District Attorney Jefferson Cheney expressed sympathy for Tony Pagni’s mental state when advocating a light sentence for the former New Castle Police Chief.
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Jefferson Cheney said Tony Pagni, the former New Castle police chief who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to pointing an AK-style rifle at his neighbor while intoxicated last summer, was suffering a.
An ongoing case involving a former New Castle police chief accused of drunkenly threatening a neighbor with a loaded, AK-style rifle last summer is being continued. Ninth Judicial District Judge Ann Norrdin granted a continuation.
New Castle and its police department are currently in a transitional period. This past year saw the town’s former police chief, Tony Pagni, get arrested for allegedly walking around his neighborhood just outside of town.