and was released on personal recognizance.

Personal recognizance?! What the hell is that!? I don't care what that is legalese for, it trips my B.S. detector.

he was a military police officer from Louisiana and advised the officer that he was speeding, police said. The officer in turn told Mastrogiovanni he was out of his jurisdiction and having blue and red emergency equipment in his truck was against the law in Maryland, police said.

That made me LMAO.

"Released on personal recognizance" means that the bail was set to $0.

Yeah, Yitzach, like I said, that just makes my B.S. detector go off. Not on you, on the cops. What the hell? Just lock the nut job up for a night or two.

29???? Can you he say Meth!!!

@ManFromNantucket - ever hear of a little thing called The Bill of Rights?

Does that trip your BS Detector, too?

@opp45646456 - so what?

He also might be a real threat to the women in the area. If she hadn't been a police officer, things might not have ended the way that they did. He could have been violent and used this as means to identifify potential victims.

the wannabe cops, that equipped their cars with law enforcement lights, are very sick; there has been many story's of them trying to pull over persons on lonely stretch of roads; release on ROR, the Judge must be some lunatic.

People like this insure that the program "World's Dumbest" will never run out of new episodes. Wth?

I would guess they released him because he is a real (wacko) MP (itho: gods gift to the world), can make a citizen's arrest, and the only chargeable infraction was the lights.

If so, by arresting him, they would open the real cop to the charge of speeding.

Blue line of protection.

the wannabe cops... there has been many story's of them trying to pull over persons on lonely stretch of roads

And that's why cops I know have always said don't pull over if you don't think it's a real cop. Keep driving, don't try to lose the tail though, and go to a well-populated area (pull into the police department parking lot if possible). If they're real cops, they'll understand and either call for back-up or calmly follow you.

Personally, I won't pull over unless that car has full decals and a roof-rack of lights.

Bail is not a punishment. People who get upset over the amount of bail know nothing about the legal system. Bail is based partly on flight risk and other factors but it is not a fine for the crime. That comes after he is found guilty.

opionionated he was not a MP from La. Thats just what he claimed. Thats why he was charged with impersonating a cop. You would know that if you actually read the article. Nothing you said makes any sense.

I agree with kristy. The fact that he pulled over a woman raises some serious questions. I'm guessing they did a VERY full background check on him to release him.(I know, not released) It's just there have been abductions using this kind of "get'em out of the car first" tactic. One night, my girlfriend years ago had a guy drive up beside her telling her her tire was low. She pulled over and saw it was fine while he was getting a tire iron from his trunk. She got back in her car and sped away. She later was watching the news and saw his picture. He was beating and rapeing the women he convinced to pull over. She told me this story a few months after we started dateing and she refuses to be "overly" trusting to anyone anymore. I'm glad.

To kirstyloo and Robert,

The fact that he pulled over a woman is irrelevant. You don't arrest someone for "might be" or "maybe". Remember innocent until proven guilty? The fact that there ARE people out there like does NOT give the police the right to attempt to arrest someone for what they "might" be doing.

Considering the fact that the gentleman in question merely told her she was speeding and she needed to slow down, as opposed to anything more suspicious does not justify the need to arrest him for anything or suspect him of anything more.

Nothing like a little paranoid fearmongering to brighten everyone's day huh?

Get a grip folks. There are plenty of idiots out there who simply get a rush from acting like cops. Stupid yes. A bigger threat than that, no. The problem with seeing predators everywhere is that sooner or later you're nothing but a coward who is afraid of everyone.

Don't make mountains out of molehills.

People like this insure that the program "World's Dumbest" will never run out of new episodes. Wth?

Love those shows............to bad the imposter didn't have video as that would be great.

Hey Wizard...this HAPPENED TO MY GIRLFRIEND. SHE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED. MEN PREY ON WOMEN. Trust is one thing but being naive can get you killed. Had she waited any longer she would have been beaten with a tire iron and raped.

Further news of impersonation shows 3 white suburban teenaged boys riding in Mom's SUV with the seats laid back dangerously low, hats on backwards, wearing sloppy loose fitting clothes that show off their underwear, while listening to rap music so loud it makes the rear hatch glass rattle.

Hmmm, pulling over a cop while impersonating a cop.....I sense a possible Darwin Award here somewhere!

Although I do agree completely with kirstyloo and others who have posted about the dangers to women pulled over by imposters, the article states: "...and advised the officer that he was speeding." Women should never, ever pull over unless they are absolutely positive that the person is an actual Police Officer.

Also this article which says:

"Anthony Kenneth Mastrogiovanni was driving his white pickup truck about 4 p.m. on Wednesday when he attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a police officer who was driving his personal vehicle, police said. Mastrogiovanni, 29, identified himself as a military police officer from Louisiana and told the actual officer, who is based in Capitol Heights, that he had been speeding."

Robert,

The fact that your girlfriend nearly was killed doesn't make every person a threat. While I appreciate your feelings on the matter as it is personal to you...that doesn't give you or anyone else the right to judge EVERY person in the same light.

Your girlfriend relied on her instincts and they saved her life. However, that incident has NO bearing on this one. The police officer, who was a MAN by the way, is the ONLY person whose opinion is relevant here. If he got no "bad vibes" from this person and this person has no prior incident involving violence towards women, then what gives you or anyone else the right to claim they should've locked the guy up as a menace to women???

Once again, get a grip and quit making mountains out of molehills.

@ Ms.C1960,

When I saw it posted, it read "her personal vehicle" and now it says "a personal vehicle"

Another man with the badge gone beserk...

Thomas, I read the same thing. But, the next paragraph states..."Mastrogiovanni told the officer he was a military police officer from Louisiana and advised the officer that he was speeding, police said."

Not trying to troll here, don't want to get anyone upset. Sorry if I did. I did not see the original article you are speaking of. I did google and found another article which states the Officer was a man. I copied and pasted the link to it in my previous post, apparently it did not copy.

Have a terrific day :)

He had a few loose screws in his head. There were some folks like him out at Fort Carson Colorado. They were volunteer Firefighters for the local communities. You think they would learn, their emergency lights were only valid in their city, during an acutal emergency. They used their lights and sirens several times to pass traffic on the way in to the base, followed by State Troopers. Consequently because the troopers pulled them over on Carson, they not only recieved a State Traffic Ticket, but had to make an appearance in front of the JAG with their Commanding Officer. Some of the idiots came in more than once.

is this article about Mitt Romney?

You can't fix stupid.

unfortunatly there has been a rash of impersonators trying to pull ladies over for ?questioning? in the greater DC area. This slug is a crime waiting to happen...and they let him loose? But the other side of the coin, there are real cops out there who pull female citizens over to ?question? them every day in the week!!!

@Robert Duckworth and others who did not read the article. NOWHERE in the article is a woman mentioned. You assume it was and we know what assuming does.

First thought was ANOTHER OBAMA SUPPORTER!

@ManFromNantucket - ever hear of a little thing called The Bill of Rights?

Does that trip your BS Detector, too?

Dude, I don't even know what "personal recogizance" is, and I don't remember it being mentioned in the Bill of Rights. They arrested a guy for impersonating a cop, then let him go cause they felt like it, and because they need an official justification to put down on paperwork for why they let him go they listed "personal recognizance". That's what I get out of the story.

@kristyloo2:

In the United States of America, we do not imprison people for what we imagine they "might" do. We imprison them for what they actually did that was against the law. What should you be imprisoned for that you "might" do?

Wizard,

Impersonating a cop and pulling people over should carry a mandatory minimum of a few years.

Yeah.....it seems like no big deal to you. He wasn't hurting anyone. Until one day he pull over a person and uses the trust he gains by pretending to be a cop to rape or otherwise assault someone.

We shouldn't put him in jail for what he MIGHT do. We should put him in jail for what he did do. He impersonated a cop.

badges? he don't need no stinkin' badges. Just red and blue lights.

Shandril,

He DID impersonate an officer. That's a crime. If it doesn't carry jail time and imprisonment, it should. If fact, he should be imprisoned in his fake uniform and put in general population.

Bleeding heart, ignorant liberals like you make great victims. Consider yourself lucky he didn't pull you over on his "traffic stop".'

To ManFromNantuckett, they did not just let him go. He still faces the charges and most likely has to appear in court. Released on his own recognizance (aka ROR) simply means he did not have to post bail. The charges are still there. However, impersonating a police officer is a misdemeanor offence and does not warrant imprisonment or bail. Why it is only a misdemeanor and not subject jail is a topic for another debate.

This is one sick puppy. He likes to exercise control over people. This is a serious crime and should be treated that way. I won't be surprised if this guy is a rapist or murderer.

wizard of wizdom ?

more like wizard of the insane.

did you actually read what you typed before posting that crap ?

"The fact that he pulled over a woman is irrelevant. You don't arrest someone for "might be" or "maybe". Remember innocent until proven guilty? The fact that there ARE people out there like does NOT give the police the right to attempt to arrest someone for what they "might" be doing."

umm, he was guilty of impersonating an officer. it doesn't matter if he didn't kill the person yet, what he did is already breaking the law. this guy is a sicko, his motivation and intentions were definitely not innocent. do you go around trying to assert authority that you do not have ??

as far as I am concerned, this guy should be considered a threat to the community and a flight risk. he should be locked up for impersonating and attempted abduction\murder. anyone who tries to impersonate should realize that this is the consiquence. this guy was not simply trying to get people to "slow down", come on, he dressed his vehicle up and his whole plan was premeditated and well thought out. the consiquences for this should be much more severe, who knows what this clown has been up to besides just this incident that he was luckily caught.

JohnLaz,

I have never said otherwise. My point is simply that you have individuals on this vine that are making assumptions about the threat this individual poses...based SOLELY on their own fears and what OTHERS have done. Sorry, but that is not what the law is for.

The fact that he impersonated a cop is not a jailable offense. If you want to change that, petition your congressional representatives at the state or federal level. But don't automatically judge someone as some kind of greater threat than they are simply because of the actions of someone else.

That is nothing but paranoid fearmongering and nothing else.

She knew he was a fake by the Aspartame around his mouth.

The police don't want to disparage one of their own but she must have been honkin.

Shandril - "In the United States of America, we do not imprison people for what we imagine they "might" do. We imprison them for what they actually did that was against the law. What should you be imprisoned for that you "might" do?"

you naive and ignorant foolish person. he was guilty of impersonating an officer, that is against the law. should we not punish those who break the law, or just those who might ??

FireBlade,

Starting off with insults is what I expect from children, not adults. Apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, so I will attempt to use small words in order for you to understand what I was saying earlier. See I can be insulting too. Now that we have that out of the way...

I did not claim that what the man did wasn't punishable under the law. I claimed that attempting to place him in jail because he "might be" a threat to women was not legal. The man was not arrested because the police determined that he was not a "threat". He will face a trial and will be given whatever punishment the court deems acceptable.

However, that is for the court to decide. The cops can only hold someone based on the facts...not what ifs.

Please grow up, learn to read and maybe come up with something more effective of an argument. Also, you might want to remember the fact that the law isn't up to YOU. The law is the law and the police did what they were ALLOWED to do under the law.

Get a clue sometime.

And I am very thankful that people like you don't make the laws. You're obviously not intellectually capable of such responsibility.

WHY was he released without further investigation. This man could be a rapist, a serial killer or a burgular----why on this earth was he released without investigation?????????

Maryland PD failed to protect the public in this instance and they failed miserably!

sillyshrinks,

Ah, another one with no understanding of the law. Let me make this simple for you and everyone else:

1. When a person commits a crime of any kind, the police take them down to the station, get their personal information and check their databases to see if this person has any past criminal history.

2. If the person has no criminal history, the person is either released on their own recognizance(which means without bail) or pays a certain bail amount OR is locked up until sentencing...depending upon the severity of their crime.

3. The person CANNOT be locked up UNLESS the crime they have committed requires them to be locked up (as in violent assault, robbery, rape, etc.). Most felonies require the person to be incarcerated. However, impersonating a police officer is not a felony and as long as the person committed no other crime, the police CANNOT lock them up.

Sorry, but the Maryland PD did not fail to protect the public. They did what they were allowed to do under the law. If you don't like the law, work to change it...probably a very good idea.

You might also want to consider the fact that just impersonating a police officer doesn't automatically make someone a dangerous person. Stupid yes, but not necessarily dangerous. That is merely your own fear and paranoia talking.

Once again...please quit making mountains out of molehills.

Words still too big.

The Wizard of Wisdom - Forrest Gump said it best, back in 1994: "Stupid is as stupid does." More likely than not, this is not the first time this miscreant pulled over someone.

IF he really is in the military, those folks should "take care" of him. If not, the local jurisdiction should amend their charges and prosecute to the fullest extent. A few years in the clink might make him refocus to more important things.

He looks like such a sweetheart. I'll bet that he would have a real interesting time in jail or prison.

To add to the Wizard's of Wisdom's insight of not making a mountain out of a molehill - the police officer that was pulled over by the "impostor" was male.

Mastrogiovanni told the officer he was a military police officer from Louisiana and advised the officer that he was speeding, police said.

Where is everyone getting the idea that the person pulled over was a woman? This is the only sentence in the story that I see that indicates gender, and that says "he", not "she".

WhistleBerries,

Sorry, but they cannot "amend" their charges and then prosecute him using those new rules. That is illegal.

Should the local, state and federal authorities pass stronger laws to punish impersonating a police officer? Absolutely they should. However, that would not help them prosecute THIS person. He can only be charged under the current law. You can't change the rules after a person has been charged and then re-charge them under the new rules.

Once again, that is illegal.

As for him possibly being in the military...I rather doubt he is. If he was, the local authorities would have been able to easily verify that and the article would have probably included that information. It is possible he is, but I think they'd have already made that determination before the article went to print.

If he IS in the military, then he will likely also be charged under the UCMJ and punished under military law as well as any punishments he receives in civilian court.

Idiot, got caught pulling over a real cop... Mind you, they probably have this person's liscense plate number and liscense ID on file somewhere now. After called in, the police have to file a report. The local PD now has him in their database... If they wanted to play the way he does, though could just wait to see his liscense plate number pop up somewhere, then they could start issuing him tickets for minor stuff, like being parked 1 foot too close to a fire hydrant, one foot too far out into the road way (while parallel parking), going 2 mph over a speed limit, etc. It's not wise to try to pull this nonsense with real cops :p

Also, whether this guy would have been a personal threat or not, doesn't change the fact that cops wouldn't want people impersonating them. It can also create problems for the precincts, as they do have to take into consideration public safety, as well as the PR that phony cops could create for them among drivers who don't know the difference. Also, the cop was correct about him being out of his jurisdiction. If he had been a real cop, this is the sort of complaint that could go up to internal affairs, and place one under investigation. I have 2 brothers who are now retired, Trenton, NJ police officers. They were not permitted by law, to practice law enforcement outside their own city. Attempting to pull people over in surrounding towns, without being invited from the neighboring precincts, would have got them into a lot of trouble with internal affairs if they would have tried...

Dummy, and now everyone knows.

Sillyshrinks,

WHY was he released without further investigation. This man could be a rapist, a serial killer or a burgular----why on this earth was he released without investigation?????????

Because courts can be particular about this thing called evidence, and prosecutors don't want to go on record charging people with something that lies beyond the facts of the case. Should they lose the case, because the charges exceeded the evidence, then it effects their own conviction rating, aka their own percieved effectiveness as a prosecutor.

Sure, it's possible that someone impersonating a cop might have other motives. It's possible, but one is still considered innocent until proven guilty. It's obvious he impersonated a cop, but beyond that, it's conjecture. A prosecutor would not want to argue additional charges to a judge, without having something, to present, to back it up. Police still have to work with the prosecutors, and they do need something to back up the charges they're filling against someone. Making charges, without evidence, could get an officer a certain reputation with the courts, they wouldn't want. They can arrest yes, but they need someone to argue their case for them, at the bench, and they need the judiciary to convict. It behooves them to base their charges on the evidence at hand, and not try to over-state their case.... Remaining believable in the eyes of the prosecutor's office, so that they remain credible in the eyes of the prosecutor's office, is in their best interest. The police and the DA's have to work together to present cases to a judge....

Wizard,

You don't seem to have much of an idea how the system works. And you have now said multiple times that impersonating a cop is not a crime. It is a crime.

For the record, plenty of violent offenders are arrested everyday and released on small bonds as well while awaiting trial. I saw a case the other day when a convicted felon was arrested and had outstanding warrants for illegal gun possession, robbery, and assault. He was out walking the streets because he never showed up to court for his trial.

This guy is too stupid to be let out on OR, he should be put in protective custody until a psych workup can be completed

Great story...! lol

Would like to read stories like this all day long....

Me too.

Better than all the murder, madness and myhem

But what does this story have to do with racism?

He could have tried for being a con artist and gone a step further by pretending to be a plain cloths officer and actually write people tickets and pocket the money himself. THAT would have gotten him in even bigger trouble in this situation.

He obviously identified himself correctly, otherwise he would not have been released. I would imagine, unless there is more to this story than we have been told, that it is exactly what it appears to be on the surface; a LOCAL cop in civilian clothes thought she should be exempt from the speeding laws. I doubt seriously it was just a matter of 5 mph or so over the limit. I would suspect (though I don't know for sure) that she presented what he felt was a danger to other traffic. SHE NEEDED TO BE STOPPED! Ok, so he broke the law by having the lights. Hang him for that. But I hope to heck she gets a ticket, at least. As to the garbage speculation that he could have been a rapist searching for targets, well, that could be true even if he happened to be a local cop. Upon what do you base such specious conjecture?

WTF? Do you think this creep actually had a speed monitoring device? I would bet the cost of a speeding ticket that he did not. I'm not from Maryland so I don't know what the legal methods of recording speed are but in the state where I live, the officer must use a radar or laser device (signs must be posted in the jurisdiction as to which method is being used). The officer must keep a record of calibrations and must be able to show you the exact speed that you were clocked at.

I would suspect (thought I don't know for sure) that you have a vendetta against LEOs.

What part of the word "impersonator" don't you understand, Rick. Had he been a real cop/MP it would have been a simple matter of jurisdiction and maybe something to do with the lights. It wouldn't have made the headlines and if it did they wouldn't have used the word "impersonator."

Geesh!

For those that missed my point (since it seems to have slipped a few people's minds): THE GUY WASN'T A COP!

As I told another commenter, what you imagine about this person has no basis in reality; it is all in your head. We do not punish someone for "possibly" being a serial killer, or anything else illegal, for that matter. This is what he is charged with: impersonating a police officer. Not killing anyone; not raping anyone; not doing (insert your delusion here). Get it? WE DON'T PUNISH PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO!

El Gallo, if he followed the guy before pulling him over, he probably just clocked the person's speed for a bit. A cop (and I mean a real cop) doesn't have to catch someone with radar to make the charge, as simply following them and verifying their speed by one's own spedometer is an acceptable practice...

This said, just because he said the real cop was speeding, doesn't mean the guy was. He also, could have been making a bogus claim, hoping a hapless victim might be paniced at the idea of being pulled over, and not think straight about it. Not everyone is calm and collected at being pulled over, and fear of authority can enter in. I had a friend of mine once, when we were going to the movies, inform me that the spedometer on his car just stopped working.

When the cop, and I'm assuming this was a real one, pulled him over, and asked him how fast he was going, it went something like "you know how fast you were going?" (he was really just following the car in front of him) "No" "Where are you going?" "The movies" My friend looked like he was panicing a bit. At this point I INTERJECTED, and told the officer that he infomred me that the spedometer on his car had just broken down that day. The cop asked him if it was true, which he confirmed. At this, the whole mood of the officer changed, and he let him go with a warning, telling him to get his car fixed. My friend was too nervious at the time, to have thought of telling him this.... It can happen...

El Gallo, if he followed the guy before pulling him over, he probably just clocked the person's speed for a bit. A cop (and I mean a real cop) doesn't have to catch someone with radar to make the charge, as simply following them and verifying their speed by one's own spedometer is an acceptable practice...

There is also a mathematics formula that one can use to calculate speed based on number of lines in the road crossed per second. There are those in various jurisdictions in California (such as Orange County Sheriff's Department) that use it (or, at least did 20 years ago). (Sorry, I do not recall the formula itself, at the moment).

A week?? How about for years! This IDIOT has alot of mental issues!

Really, especially since the Capitol Heights police officer is female . . .

Darn those pesky pronouns . . .

Baldenario...read the article again. The off duty Officer is a man.

"Mastrogiovanni told the officer he was a military police officer from Louisiana and advised the officer that he was speeding, police said." Copied directly from the article above.

Also, I did a quick google search and found another article that says..."Anthony Kenneth Mastrogiovanni was driving his white pickup truck about 4 p.m. on Wednesday when he attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a police officer who was driving his personal vehicle, police said. Mastrogiovanni, 29, identified himself as a military police officer from Louisiana and told the actual officer, who is based in Capitol Heights, that he had been speeding."

blue eyed blonde hair thing will get you off the hook every time!

Then I'm screwed as a brown eyed bald guy.

BJG

Hater.

If his name was Allah Muhammed, he probably should be in police custody with the rest of his terrorist cell that have no business in this country. This is a America, not Pakistan.

Well wait here.....he has a bit of a point. This method has been used in the past to attack and murder young women. In Colorado this happened and later was made a Felony. I don't care if the man is pink or purple, this is a big problem. I should also mention that all the cases I know of are generally white men, short in stature, likely with small "personal members". Just sayin ; )

Exactly..... "little man syndrome" is what it's called.

seriously????? race card?????? god this isnt 1950! grow up! nobody is keeping you down. be a damn man and quit complaining about something you are lucky enough to not have experienced! your comment degrades the actual suffering people actually endured!!! not you! be thankful your life is better as a result of their hardship!

tbh, I know of someone who is of Asian decent, and from Seychelles prior to his immigrating to the US. From his account, he has been stopped at air port security, for that extra thorough screening. But and all said, he isn't Arab, he isn't even from the Middle East, and tbh he's more of an atheist, not a Muslim. Nor does he even know Arabic, or have a name remotely similar... He could swear though, that some of the TSA agents don't seem to recognize the difference between someone from the Middle East, and himself :o

But then again, these are the self same individuals, who somehow got an infant on the no fly list, much to the parents surprise. tbh, that's a bit mistifying, as what could an infant have done prior to being able to walk or talk, which would have drawn enough attention to get flagged :o This would be right up there with some database showing a person as deceased, when they are not :o

Completely agree, this guy should still be in jail looking at a 10 year sentence.

I think 10 years is a TAD extreme

Yes because we should put every ID 10 T in jail for being stupid (That would qualify a large amount of the posters on the VINE) He identified himself, was told he was out of his jurisdiction, was pulled over, detained, his information on his being a Military Police officer was obviously correct. (The Military has started using the same Police Academy Training as civilian officers.) The man was overzealous, lucky he pulled over a Non-Felon, and got taken down a peg or two. He was detained and released. He was not a threat at this time. No jail necessary. And no, current actions cannot dictate future performance, or surely Obama would have kept all his promises.

We don't punish people based on what you imagine they "might" have done.

If you don't think this nut job is a threat, running around acting like a civilian police office in Maryland just because he held an MP position in Louisiana, you are naive. Released on OR is a crime in itself by the judge.

Impersonating an officer isn't done because one is an idiot, it's done with malice and intent to harm by presenting yourself as an authority figure.

Perhaps you'll be convinced when your wife or daughter is his next victim.....if they ever find the body.

That's right Val! Thanks for the post. And you are wrong Shandril. This is a Felony in some states. Impersonating an officer is quite serious. I don't want my daughter pulled over at night by some freak wannabe who will eventually take this to the next level.

I agree with everything Srich says, mainly because your smoking hot!!!!!

Hey Big Book, do you have any red and blue lights in your car?

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that!

Finally someone asked the pertinent question. People rarely do these things 'for the fun of it.'

I think the real cop was trans-gender.

And what about -

"That’s what did in one alleged phony cop in Prince George’s County."

What the hell does this mean? Maybe "That's what one alleged phony cop in Prince George's County did." is what they meant to say. Look's like someone was under the influence of something as they wrote this crap. Don't cut & paste while under the influence!

I was about to post the same thing.

if that sentence confuses you Peechy, then I don't think you can be helped.

Lol, yes not clear if the officer is a he or a she.

Maybe the author is trying to tell us the PG County cop is trans-gender? Nah, just typical bad writing for MSNBC.

Hey Peechy, Don't try to comprehend what you read while under the influence!

yep!

Yeah but sadly fake cops are even worse than the real thing. Nobody impersonates a cop for reasons of humor. Only serious criminals impersonate cops which makes me really question why this guy is out and about right now.

mmmmm, speeders...

I think in some states you can only make a citizen's arrest if the person is commiting a felony.

Yeah, wonder how many young women might have been victimized by this stunt before he got caught in hiw own trap. I hope they finger-printed him and put them on nat'l info so that he can be tracked around the country.

It's a shame the real cop, whether male or female, just didn't simply shoot the pretender.

He's likely done this before, all the way from Louisianna to Maryland, and will continue until stopped.....and now he's free again on his OR. Thanks judge!

BFD, we read online articles every day written by those impersonating a real news reporter...

There is a greater threat to others from someone impersonating a law enforcement officer - and this should be a heads up to all readers. This jerk could have gained personal information about the driver who then becomes the target of further illegal behavior, a threat to personal safety like rape or robbery. By comparison the others mentioned by BFD are relatively harmless.

I disagree - we have entire networks full of cheerleaders and propogandists impersonating journalists, and I fear we've only begun to see the harm.

Well, considering the best way to stay out of trouble is to remember that all the women posting on the internet are really undercover Sheriff's deputies working for Dateline NBC......

Patricia - being release OR only means that the bail was waived. He was charged with the crime of impersonating a PO and will have to go to court. What this means is that they probably checked his background and found that he had no priors and thought that he was a minimal flight risk.

Can you please tell me where to find more pictures of slumpbuster?

Thanks!

Very good sir! Same thing happened when Motocross Star pulled over a CAR FULL OF COPS...in his blinged out pick-up truck!

I have seen several agencies that use pickup trucks as patrol vehicles. The article makes it appear as if the pickup had red and blue lights.