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Police are searching for a man who impersonated a police officer and shot a man and a boy at a facility for youths awaiting trial in Washington, D.C.... ...The gunman gained entry into a residential facility by posing as a police officer, dressed all in black with a vest emblazoned with “police” and a star badge around his neck, according to photos taken from surveillance video.... ...The gunman claimed he was an officer serving a warrant on one of the juveniles housed at the privately owned facility, NBC Washington reported. “He recognized that individual who was in the facility, immediately...

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....

A 52-year-old man arrested in Grover Beach on Sunday on suspicion of impersonating a police officer was later held in jail as a female, according to local reports. Ken Kennon was apprehended by law enforcement after reports that he had pulled over a driver on Friday evening in his Toyota Prius, using the emergency lights system used by police vehicles. The driver became suspicious after being pulled over by Kennon on the 800 block of N. Oak Park Boulevard, and then followed him to a nearby parking lot where he confronted Kennon and took down his details, before filing a...

Salinas, Calif. (AP) -- The Monterey County Sheriff's Office says authorities are on the lookout for a man posing as a law enforcement officer who pulled over an off-duty sheriff's deputy. . . . The deputy identified himself and showed that he was armed. The man turned and fled in his vehicle, a white Mercedes.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Police say a man impersonating an officer with a flashing red light in his car has been arrested after he pulled over the wrong driver , the mayor of Shreveport, La.

LATIMER --A Biloxi teen is accused of impersonating a police officer when he tried to stop a Latimer resident on Allie Byrd Road, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports. Brennon Foster Quade, 18, of Holly Hills Drive, was arrested about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday at the home of the victim's parents in the Latimer community. -----SNIP----- When Quade stopped, the victim's father said he dialed 911 and held a gun on Quade until sheriff's deputies got there.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — The U.S. deported a man to Mexico on Sunday who had taken a dead cousin's identity to pose as a citizen in order to become a Milwaukee police officer. Oscar Ayala-Cornejo, 25, arrived late afternoon Sunday at Guadalajara's international airport, where he was greeted by nearly a dozen relatives. He was visibly tired after traveling for more than 10 hours from Milwaukee, but the reunion appeared to be joyous and hugs were exchanged. Ayala-Cornejo said he was too tired to talk to reporters at the airport but indicated he would speak publicly in the coming days.