Pub­lic Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) Pres­i­dent Wat­son Duke has been con­vict­ed of mak­ing a false fire re­port in 2017. 

Duke was found guilty of the of­fence by Mag­is­trate Avion Gill dur­ing a vir­tu­al hear­ing, yes­ter­day. 

Duke was not im­me­di­ate­ly sen­tenced by Gill, as his at­tor­ney Tra­vers Sinanan re­quest­ed time to pro­vide a mit­i­ga­tion plea. 

Ac­cord­ing to the charge, Duke was ac­cused of trip­ping a fire alarm at the Ari­ma Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion's of­fice at Hol­lis Av­enue, Ari­ma, dur­ing protest ac­tion on Sep­tem­ber 19, 2017. 

Un­der the Fire Ser­vices Act, the of­fence car­ries a max­i­mum penal­ty of a $1,200 fine and three months im­pris­on­ment. 

Duke is ex­pect­ed to reap­pear be­fore Gill on April 26. 

The case is be­ing pros­e­cut­ed by Veona Neal-Munroe.