PINECREST, Fla. Jan 23, 2022– An 18-year-old appearing to be a corrections officer was arrested at Miami Palmetto Senior High School when school police became suspicious on Thursday. Investigators said that Erick Anthony Moore Jr. of Miami was inside the school around 1 p.m. talking to staff when Miami-Dade Schools police approached him. The officers […]
Charlotte NC December 22, 2021 Police departments across the country have been plagued by incidents involving people impersonating officers. In some cases, the imposters have just pulled over motorists, but other times, the incidents were more threatening and dangerous. OFFICER.com has compiled a roundup of some of the incidents involving phony law enforcement officers that […]
HUEYTOWN, Ala. Nov 19 2021 Hueytown Police say a man has been arrested and charged with impersonating a police officer. Authorities say a victim called police on November 9th, saying that she was pulled over by a car with a red and blue light pretending to be a police officer. She told authorities that a man […]
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI Oct 1 2021– A state conservation officer stopping to assist a man who crashed in Northfield Township ended up arresting the driver after he was found to be an armed felon impersonating a police officer. George Michael Galbraith, 63, of Clarkston, was arraigned Friday, Sept. 24, on multiple charges after he was […]
Nash County NC Sept 27 2021 A man was arrested at his residence in the Englewood area on a warrant for impersonating a law enforcement officer in the city and he also had marijuana in plain view inside the house, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office said. The man, Adrian Crump, 58, has a history in Virginia […]
Suffolk County NY Sept 14 2021 Police have arrested a man in Brentwood for impersonating a United States Department of Homeland Security agent. A Canine Section officer was driving a marked police vehicle eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, near Exit 53, when he observed a 2019 Audi A8, with emergency blue and red lights activated […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii May 3 2021 A man with a history of showing up to emergencies and pretending to be a first responder was arrested again over the weekend. Taylor Yoshitomi-Jones is accused of impersonating a law enforcement officer during a recent traffic incident. The driver he encountered says he had no idea until a real HPD […]
LUBBOCK, Texas March 25 2021— An Arizona man is accused of forcing off the road a National Guard convoy transporting COVID-19 vaccines in West Texas and then holding 11 guard members at gunpoint. Larry Harris, 66, of Willcox, Arizona, told police that he stopped three vans because he believed people inside them had kidnapped a […]
Rutherford County, N.C. March 15 2021— A 52-year-old North Carolina man dubbed the “blue light bandit” has been charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer. James Douglas Miller, of Charlotte, is accused of using blue lights to try to pull over cars on an interstate highway in western North Carolina, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office […]
SARASOTA, Fla. Jan 26 2021 Two Tampa Bay women are facing charges of impersonating a law enforcement officer after police say they stopped a car Sunday morning pretending to be Sarasota officers. According to the Sarasota Police Department, detectives believe 28-year-old Jymieka McDowell, of Sarasota, and 39-year-old Ryshawnna Poole, of Manatee County, have done this before […]