Fake Cop Strikes Again

Florida Beulah A teenage girl is pulled over by a man pretending to be a sheriff's deputy it's the third time in two months a counterfeit cop has stopped a woman on the road

by Debbie Williams

Published: Wed, January 21, 2009 - 5:35 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, January 21, 2009 - 6:36 pm CST

As the sun was going down Tuesday in Beulah, Florida, a teen-aged girl looked in her rear view mirror and thought she was being pulled over by police but that was no police car. "It was a Toyota Camry with a small decal on the door and a bluish-purple light on the dash," says Escambia County Sheriff's Sgt. Ted Roy. And the man who approached the car no cop. "When he first walked up he didn't introduce himself he walked up and said, get out of the car. Can I see your license," says Roy.
This is the third time in a couple of months a fake cop may have struck in our area. First in Baldwin County now in Escambia County. The description of the car and suspect are different but the method he uses is similar.
"It is scary but, I'm always careful." Teresa Hawthorne lives in Beulah and says she would have followed the teenagers example if it had happened to her. "I probably would have done it the way she did it. I would have went some place public before I pulled over and I probably wouldn't got out the car if he acted the way she said he did."
Roy says the teenager actually started asking questions of the fake cop who eventually drove away.
"Everything was wrong with the traffic stop. He was unprofessional, snickering, making a joke out of it so she did a good job."
The fake cop is described as a white male, six foot two-inches, with dark, bushy hair, a stocky build and a mole underneath his left eye.
Deputies believe the car is a white Toyota Camry with blue or purple lights on the dashboard and the word "Sheriff" written in green letters on the driver side door.
And this reminder, unmarked cars don't make traffic stops unless it's an emergency.

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DEW26M Says:

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm

MMMM, maybe it just didn’t go through. ANYWAY, what I previously stated was, I don’t understand how someone in a Toyota Camry could ride around unnoticed by anyone else with a SHERIFF sticker on the side of their vehicle. Unless he sits in a hidden spot on the side of the road, and places the lights and sticker on the car when he sees his victim. Glad no one was hurt, and hope they soon find the suspect!

Krickkett Says:

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:21 pm

on here I mean…lol

Krickkett Says:

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:20 pm

I never noticed it on her at all it must have been deleted before I was able to log on yesterday.

DEW26M Says:

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:15 am

I know for a fact that I posted a comment on this article yesterday. I’d love to know what i said that offended someone this time in order for my comment to be removed??????

SouthernMama82 Says:

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:02 am

This is why if a cop turns his lights on you @ night put your flahers on, call 911 ask them if their is a cop in your area & if it is pull into a well lit area.
their are so many psychos running around now days!