andPOP » mira sorvino http://www.andpop.com POP Culture with Substance Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Mira Sorvino Named Honorary Sheriff http://www.andpop.com/2005/12/31/mira-sorvino-named-honorary-sheriff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mira-sorvino-named-honorary-sheriff http://www.andpop.com/2005/12/31/mira-sorvino-named-honorary-sheriff/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:16:58 +0000 Adam Gonshor http://www.andpop.com/article/5417

Turns out Mira Sorvino isn’t AWOL after all. Although Sorvino hasn’t appeared in a significant film since 1999’s Summer of Sam, the actress was named honorary deputy sheriff in Lackawanna County, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

She’s actually a second-generation honorary sheriff. Her father, Paul Sorvino, was honored about 25 years ago.

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Lackawanna County Sheriff John Szymanski is a longtime family friend.

Sorvino took the oath on Tuesday, accompanied by husband Chris Backus, 1-year-old daughter Mattea Angel, and Paul.

And before you start criticizing the county for awarding celebrities with honorary titles, and not you, check out this tidbit that the highly credible E Network dug up: any person who passes a criminal background check and fills out a form can be an honorary sheriff too.

Martin Sheen is among a host of other celebrities who have been given the same title in Lackawanna County.

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