NEWARK -- A Newark man on Wednesday was convicted of impersonating a city police detective in a ruse to receive discounted car repairs at a South Orange auto shop.

An Essex County jury found Davon Gordon, 35, guilty after a two-day trial before Superior Court Judge Alfonse Cifelli, Acting Essex County Carolyn A. Murray announced.

Gordon in February 2014 went to the South Orange auto repair shop and posed as a detective in order to get discounted repair work, according to Assistant Prosecutor Alaina Caliendo. The shop's owner initially gave him a discount, but became suspicious over about a two-week span.

The shop owner eventually alerted the South Orange police and Gordon was arrested. He was caught carrying a police badge and multiple police union cards, according to prosecutors. Witnesses testified at trial that the badge was not issued by the city police force.

Gordon has seven prior convictions for offenses, including receiving stolen property, resisting arrest, eluding police and credit card fraud in Essex, Union, Atlantic, Passaic and Hudson counties between 2001 and 2013.

"The County of Essex saw justice today with the conviction of Davon Gordon," Caliendo, the assistant prosecutor who handled the case, said in a statement. "With this case and his previous cases, Gordon has shown a pattern of engaging in fraudulent activity that will not be tolerated."

After a Dec. 22 sentencing in New Jersey, prosecutors said Gordon is expected to be sent to Prince William, Virginia where he also faces charges stemming from an armed robbery. Details on those charges were not immediately available.

Gordon faces 18 months in state prison for a fourth degree charge of impersonating a police officer.

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