Fake cop pulls gun after stopping federal agent
Police say a 21-year-old
Andrew J. Chaisson faces charges of impersonating an officer and criminal threatening with a gun following the 11 p.m. incident Monday.
The federal agent told police a man in a black 2007 Chevrolet pickup activated a blue strobe light and pulled him over on
The truck then backed into a driveway, squealing its tires. The agent became suspicious and was approaching the truck on foot, when the driver threatened him with a shotgun, police said.
The suspect fled in the truck but the agent got the license plate number, a vanity plate "ACE HI."
Police went to Chaisson's home where he was arrested and a shotgun was confiscated, police said.
Police said they have no similar reports of someone impersonating an officer.
Police say that unmarked cars are used for traffic enforcement but typically have multiple blue lights built into the car's grill and have laptop computers and radar visible in the cab. Officers are in uniform.
Police say motorists being pulled over by an unmarked car should stop in a well-lit, well-traveled area if possible and may call 911 to confirm that a bona fide officer is stopping them. If the officer is not in uniform, the motorist should ask that a uniformed officer also respond.
