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A Maryland man posing as a police officer turned his lights and sirens on behind a real police officer, officials said. John Vincent Angelini, 51, of Baltimore, was arrested Wednesday after Montgomery County police said he trailed an off-duty detective driving on the Intercounty Connector in an unmarked car. The detective was headed eastbound on the ICC near Georgia Avenue about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday when he saw a car alongside him. It was a Ford Crown Victoria that looked like an unmarked police car, police said. The driver of the Crown Victoria then slowed down so that he was behind...

A man apparently impersonating a police officer pulled a gun on a Gillette woman this morning after stopping her on Highway 259 between Midwest and Interstate 25. The man, who was driving a gray single cab pickup, had used a yellow light to stop the woman at about 7 a.m., said Natrona County Sheriff's Sgt. Mark Sellers. She didn't see a badge on him, so when he asked for her identification, she asked for his. That's when the man, who was wearing a black tee shirt that said "Police" on the back, pulled out a handgun. "He got irate at...

<p>LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren't underage, authorities said.</p> <p>He made three tries within nine days last month and was turned down each time. The store manager called police after the third try.</p>

LAKE RIDGE, Va. - There appears to be another instance of a police impersonator in Virginia. Just two weeks after an impersonator stopped a woman driver in Dumfries, a similar incident occurred in Lake Ridge. Authorities say a man dressed like a cop used a flashing blue light in his car to pull over a woman on the Prince William County Parkway. It happened around 8 a.m. Monday. The man apparently came up to the woman's car, flashed a piece of paper and told her to drive to the other side of the road. After telling her she was speeding,...