Andrew Pfitzenmayer has until his next court appearance on Oct. 27 to decide whether he'll accept the offer.
MORRISTOWN -- A man accused of carrying two handguns and hollow-point bullets near a Morristown movie complex has been offered a plea deal in which he'd only serve a three-year prison sentence.
Andrew Pfitzenmayer, 26, of Peapack-Gladstone, would have to serve one year in prison before becoming eligible for parole, under the agreement offered by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Napurano.
Pfitzenmayer's attorney, Frank Pisano, told Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor in Morristown that he would like to see the plea offer "in writing." He and his client had no further comment on the deal or any other aspect of the case after they left the courtroom.
Taylor scheduled Pfitzenmayer's next court appearance for Oct. 27. Napurano said Pfitzenmayer has until that date to accept the offer, which would require him to plead guilty to second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun. A separate charge of unlawful possession of ammunition would be dismissed.
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Pfitzenmayer was arrested on July 29 while walking inside the high-rise Headquarters Plaza complex in downtown Morristown, which includes a hotel, a day-care center, a health club and offices along with the movie multiplex.
Pfitzenmayer was carrying a backpack with two Glock handguns, magazines filled with hollow-point rounds and handcuffs, authorities said. He was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying a fake badge, according to the prosecutor's office.
Under an agreement reached by the judge, the prosecution and the defense, Pfitzenmayer must undergo a psychological evaluation as a condition of his bail.
Pfitzenmayer was released on $100,000 bail and an evaluation was not initially required, under conditions originally set by Judge Taylor.
That angered Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty, who called a press conference saying a psychological evaluation should have been required and called for a new law mandating evaluations for defendants accused of threatening the safety of the public. In mid-August, the prosecutor's office announced that a psychological evaluation would be required.
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Dougherty and Pisano have both said Pfitzenmayer had legal possession of the guns. However, his route through Headquarters Plaza with the concealed weapons was the problem, officials said, because he did not have a permit to carry concealed weapons.
According to Pfitzenmayer's Linkedin profile, he attended Rutgers University and is chief executive officer of St. Leger Concierge, an event planning company based in Somerset County. He had no previous criminal record.
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