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Formal charges filed against State Rep. Forestal, including felony impersonation of police officer
Fox59 ^ | 14 Aug 2019 | Fox59

Posted on 08/16/2019 10:27:56 PM PDT by csvset

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – State Representative Daniel Forestal (D-Indianapolis) has been formally charged by Marion County prosecutors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, resisting law enforcement, and a felony charge of impersonating a police officer.

Witnesses who spoke with FOX59 on Tuesday said they were shocked to learn that the man driving around the neighborhood Saturday was in fact a State Representative.

James McGuire and his wife told police they were walking in their neighborhood on Saturday, when they say Forestal flashed a badge, and asked where the drug dealers were.

"He's like, ‘I'm official. I can get rid of them. Today is my last day and if I don't turn in somebody by today, the feds are going to be raiding this whole entire park in two weeks,’" McGuire told FOX59.

McGuire says Forestal asked other neighbors about drugs before he drove off. McGuire snapped a picture of the license plate and called 911.

"My only thing was that he's impersonating a police officer," McGuire said. "That's my biggest fear. My family lives here, my kids live here.”

Police also went to the Blue Moon Bar and Grille down the street, where Forestal had also been.

“I was standing outside and this gentleman walked up and asked if he could get any party favors, and I said 'well there’s plenty of alcohol in the bar' and he said 'no, I'm looking for cocaine,’” said bar patron Sue Bricker.

The bartender says Bricker and other customers were there when Forestal came in, flashing his badge and asking where he could find drugs. That’s when McGuire just happened to pull in the parking lot with a friend, and noticed the car with the same license plate.

"I told her I was going to walk in so I could get a positive identification it was the same person," McGuire said. "And (after walking in), I realized it was.”

When Forestal left, McGuire followed him and called 911.

According to the report, when officers pulled over the car near 21st and Shadeland, they say Forestal refused to get out and “grabbed the steering wheel with both hands” to make it more difficult for officers to pull him out.

The report says Forestal told them he would “have all of their badges” because of his role as a state Representative.

Documents show Forestal also threatened to sue the officers for “violating his civil rights,” and identified himself as an Indianapolis firefighter, a state representative and the nephew of the Marion County sheriff.

After officers wrestled him to the ground, they say Forestal refused a breath test. The report also says Forestal complained about a scrape on his elbow from the brief struggle, and demanded an ambulance to take him to the hospital.

Police got a warrant for a blood test at the hospital, where according to the report, Forestal tried to rip the warrant out of their hands and had to be restrained by sheriff’s deputies to have the blood test completed.

The Marion County Prosecutor's Office said they will file for the appointment of a special prosecutor, as Forestal had previously made contributions to Prosecutor Terry Curry and worked as a campaign volunteer.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: democrat; dui; fakecop; forestal
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Just your average Democrat politician.

1 posted on 08/16/2019 10:27:56 PM PDT by csvset
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I am shocked that they put his party affiliation in the first sentence (or anywhere)


2 posted on 08/16/2019 10:29:50 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

A rare occurrence.


3 posted on 08/16/2019 10:31:37 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

It was FOX.


4 posted on 08/16/2019 10:32:18 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: csvset

Nutcase. Do a mental eval on the guy.


5 posted on 08/16/2019 10:40:06 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: csvset

RED FLAG!!!!!!


6 posted on 08/16/2019 10:45:59 PM PDT by VanShuyten (Er"...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: csvset

Sounds like he’s a guy you might not want in your legislature.


7 posted on 08/16/2019 10:48:21 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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He shouldn’t be a fireman either.


8 posted on 08/16/2019 10:53:12 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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Beto’s VP candidate


9 posted on 08/16/2019 11:01:26 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Tomorrow they’ll make him a republican- then print the correction under the Earl Scheib ad on page C-17


10 posted on 08/16/2019 11:35:37 PM PDT by atc23
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To: csvset

Gaydar blaring!


11 posted on 08/16/2019 11:38:44 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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The ballet shirt was the first clue.


12 posted on 08/16/2019 11:51:56 PM PDT by pke
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

That’s because even though Fox comes through for our side quite often, it is vilified here.

And for good reason at times.

I don’t watch their news station anymore because it’s mostly yelling.

But I’ve learned through the years that a few FReepers are impossible to please, something we hold the left in disdain for :)


13 posted on 08/17/2019 12:50:48 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: pepsionice

Obviously poor guy went over the edge and needs help.

Not that he isn’t a danger, but he needs meds and can’t be a rep anymore. Politics today can do that to you. Truth is relative and all. Maybe if he truly believes he’s a cop and firefighter...he should get a gun and a truck...


14 posted on 08/17/2019 12:55:46 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: csvset

A commie acting like they’re above the law? Say it isn’t so.


15 posted on 08/17/2019 1:28:32 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: pke

LOL!!!


16 posted on 08/17/2019 2:20:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: csvset

Red Flag his adz...


17 posted on 08/17/2019 4:59:01 AM PDT by moovova
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To: csvset

He looks gay


18 posted on 08/17/2019 5:01:42 AM PDT by Conserv
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Who does he think he is? Rosemary Lehmberg the Travis County (Austin TX) district attorney?

https://youtu.be/s7y7oJ266qI

At least they didn’t have to strap him in the chair and put a spit hood over his head.


19 posted on 08/17/2019 5:22:57 AM PDT by Clay Moore (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: csvset; Chode; All

A Maglight or Baton application to those fingers holding on to that steering wheel would have solved the getting him out of the car...


20 posted on 08/17/2019 6:11:58 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
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