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Impersonating A Police Officer

Monday, February 4, 2013

Arnold Man Arrested for Impersonating Officer in Glen Burnie

Police arrested a man, whom they say was intoxicated, as he was attempting to pull over a vehicle.

An Arnold man faces charges of impersonating an officer and driving while intoxicated, after an Anne Arundel County police officer identified the man's civilian vehicle as he attempted to pull over another vehicle early Sunday. According to police, an officer working an overnight shift saw a black Ford Crown Victoria pulling into the 7-Eleven parking lot on the 7300 block of Furnace Branch Road East shortly after 2 a.m. The vehicle was operating a red rotational light on the dashboard, and the driver was attempting to pull over another vehicle. The county officer checked the department's data system and determined the Ford was not a police vehicle, but owned by a civilian. Police arrested the man, Zachary Allan Butler, 23, of Arnold, and …

Rhonda Wagoner

11:29 am on Monday, February 11, 2013

This is really scary!! If this ever happened to me, they would just have to follow me to the closest police station because you're not getting me out of my car if you're in an unmarked car!   more ›

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Baltimore Man Charged With Impersonating Police Officer in Linthicum

Police say imposter beat on a cab under the guise of being an officer.

Anne Arundel County police charged a Baltimore man Wednesday with impersonating a police officer, forcing a cab driver to stop and pounding on the cab with his fist. According to police, at approximately 5 p.m., a man driving a Pontiac G6 followed a taxi driver on Ritchie Highway after a disagreement over a potential traffic violation. The man followed the cab into the parking lot of the MVA, on the 6600 block of Ritchie Highway, and "boxed in" the cab, forcing the victim to stop. The suspect, claiming to be an officer and wearing a jacket with "Police" on the back, confronted the cab driver and started striking the victim's vehicle with his fist. The suspect then fled in his vehicle. Investigators located the suspect at his residence, on …

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