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Since You Asked: Defendant entered no-contest plea to impersonation charge Sunday Mar 11, 2018 at 6:51 AM Whatever happened to the case of Quade Norush, who was arrested for impersonating a police officer? — Anonymous   In July 2017, Quade William Norush, 22, pleaded no-contest to one count of criminal impersonation of a peace officer, and a second count of criminal impersonation of a peace officer was dismissed. The charges were felonies. A defendant does not admit guilt with a no-contest plea but concedes prosecutors could likely prove their case at trial. A no-contest plea carries the same legal consequences as a guilty plea. Norush was accused of displaying a badge, handgun and handcuffs and pretending to be a Washington state police officer while helping a friend who wanted to retrieve property stored at a Central Point location in May 2017. Norush was sentenced to 11 months of probation and 80 hours of community service. He was also ordered to forfeit a gun and/or weapon and a badge, according to Jackson County Circuit Court records. In September 2017, Norush wrote a letter to the court asking for his community service sentence to be converted to an $800 fine. He said in the letter he was working two full-time jobs and unable to complete the service hours. The letter said he had enclosed a money order for $800. A judge approved the conversion of the community service to an $800 fine, court records show. — Send questions to “Since You Asked,” Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by email to [email protected]. We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them.