PER CURIAM:
The trial judge improperly elicited testimony that appellant had chosen to remain silent at the time of his arrest by questioning the arresting officer as to appellant's answers to the officer's interrogation, and by commenting, "I think the jury is entitled to know this." These references to appellant's silence constituted prejudicial error. See Commonwealth v. Haideman,
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