WINDERMERE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested, once more, for impersonating a legislation enforcement officer and trying to tug a sufferer over, in accordance with an affidavit.
On Monday, a sufferer known as 911 to report a automobile trying to provoke a visitors cease on him with yellow lights, close to a buying plaza in Windermere.
The sufferer instructed deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace that the “officer” in a black automobile with a push bar on the grill started flashing amber lights and intently following behind him for a mile. Believing the automobile to be an unmarked patrol automotive, the sufferer pulled over.
A person, recognized as 60-year-old Albert Dolan, approached the sufferer’s automobile and requested for his license. Nevertheless, the sufferer insisted on seeing Dolan’s badge or an ID, which he couldn’t present, and as an alternative refused, the affidavit stated.
Dolan instructed the sufferer he had different individuals to get to and drove off in his automobile. In line with the report, the sufferer then adopted Dolan in his automotive, pulled up subsequent to his window asking for an ID and obtained his license plate.
Based mostly on the data obtained from the sufferer, Orange County deputies tracked down Dolan’s residence. A dark-colored Ford Explorer was found, with seen mild bars alongside the windshield and aspect home windows and a push bar.
Throughout Dolan’s arrest, he “spontaneously uttered that he didn’t impersonate certainly one of us (deputies),” the affidavit stated.
Dolan was arrested for falsely impersonating an officer. The sheriff’s workplace instructed WFLA.com that that is his fourth arrest for impersonating a cop, with earlier arrests in 1994, 2017 and 2018.
