Man fools jail workers by impersonating judge, gets inmate out by changing his bond: Cops

A man was able to successfully impersonate a judge to get an inmate's bond reduced — enabling his release from jail — before authorities caught on to the con, a sheriff's office in Louisiana said.

Adrian James St. Romain, 42, faces a slew of charges, including false impersonation, assisting escape, attempted simple escape, and injuring public records. He was arrested on Tuesday on an unrelated warrant, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department said in a news release , and subsequently handed the other charges for "impersonating local judges."

The story, as authorities tell it, began in April, when someone called the Calcasieu Correctional Center claiming to be a local judge. They were "able to verbally reduce an inmate's bond" to "Released on Recognizance," the sheriff's office said.

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