Nash County Sheriff’s Office charges man with impersonation of law enforcement
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 and Minnesota of bogus claims of being part of law enforcement, Nash County Chief Deputy Brandon Medina said in a news release.
And in Minnesota, Crump engaged in bilking the U.S. military out of money for his own benefit, Medina said.
On Friday, Nash County deputies, with the warrant to take Crump into custody, went to his residence in the 100 block of Charlotte Avenue, knocked on the already-open door and saw the marijuana, Medina said.
After Crump asked the deputies to step inside the house, the deputies, upon closer examination, confirmed the presence of the marijuana, took Crump into custody and seized approximately two ounces of the drug and a variety of paraphernalia items, Medina said.
Crump is charged with impersonating an officer, possession with the intent to sell or deliver marijuana, maintaining a place for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance and possession of marijuana paraphernalia, Medina said.
Medina said the charge of impersonating a law enforcement officer locally resulted from interaction with Crump on Aug. 11 in the 1000 block of Independence Drive in the northwestern part of the city.
Crump was wearing a T-shirt with a “federal agent” logo on the back and the likeness of a law enforcement badge on the front left breast pocket area, Medina said.
Crump also displayed a gold Central Intelligence Agency badge attached to the front neck area of the T-shirt and he verbally indicated himself to be a law enforcement officer, Medina said.
Crump went as far as to present various documents in an attempt to substantiate a claim of being an investigator with the CIA and the federal Department of Homeland Security, Medina said.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office conducted a probe and found out Crump had impersonated a law enforcement officer in Virginia and Minnesota.
Medina in the news release cited news stories about Crump.
According to a news story from 2012 in Virginia, Crump was arrested by Virginia state troopers for driving a personal vehicle, a Range Rover, equipped with flashing lights while on Interstate 64 in Louisa County, which is between Richmond and Charlottesville.
That news story also said in 2012 in Richmond, police halted Crump, who was driving a Mercedes also equipped with flashing lights, and he claimed to be a police officer.
According to a news story from 2010 in Minnesota, a psychiatric evaluation was ordered of Crump after he was arrested outside a bank for having a firearm without a permit and carrying identification claiming to be a federal agent.
That story said that Crump was wearing a shirt saying “U.S. Federal Agent” on the front and back and that he had a holster on the right side of his waistband containing a fully loaded magazine but no gun.
That story said that a CIA license plate was located on the rear of a vehicle and that a badge and credentials were located inside the vehicle.
That story said hat police also found a baton, two sets of black-hinged handcuffs with keys, a large can of chemical spray, a couple of different identification cards in Crump’s name and credit cards.
And that story also said that a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun was found in the storage cubby, with Crump maintaining he was there on official government business involving the bank.
That story also said Crump was put in a police cruiser and that he refused to provide any contact information from the CIA or the Department of Homeland Security.
And that story said that the local FBI office, when contacted by police, found out Crump had no record of affiliation with the CIA or an independent contractor hired by the agency.
In 2006, also in Minnesota, a news story said that Crump was charged with offenses after having been found to have been impersonating a U.S. Naval officer to successfully obtain nearly $6,700 in cash and more than $890 in health insurance premiums he did not deserve.
That news story said that Crump’s goal was to get leave pay from Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis and that the supporting documents he submitted to cemetery officials turned out to be fake.
That story said that Crump had been in the military but that he had left military service in 2001.
On Friday, Crump’s bond was set at $5,000, secured, in Nash County on the charge of impersonating a law enforcement officer while on Independence Drive and at $5,000, secured, in Nash County on the drug-related charges, Medina said.
And Medina said at the time he was issuing the news release Crump was posting the bonds.
