|
Police imposter
caught in Fayetteville
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
A Fayetteville man has been
arrested for impersonating an officer with a badge stolen from a campus
police officer at Fort Valley State University, police said.
Eliseo Medina Harrera, 61, was encountered by officers responding to a
dispute Sunday on Hillsdale Drive, said Lt. Beverly Trainor of the Fayetteville
Police Department. Harrera had stopped a man who was repossessing a vehicle
that belonged to one of Harrera’s family members, Trainor said.
Harrera told the repo man that he was a police officer for Fort Valley
State, and he continued that story to Fayetteville officers, Trainor said.
But a check with Fort Valley school officials indicated that Harrera was
not employed as a police officer, according to warrants for his arrest.
In fact, the badge Harrera displayed had been stolen from a Fort Valley
police officer who inadvertently left it on his clothing when it was taken
to be dry-cleaned, Trainor added.
Harrera was charged with one felony count of impersonating a police officer.
He is free on a $5,000 bond set by Chief Magistrate Charles Floyd.
Back to News Home Page |
Back
to the top of the page
|
