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One 30-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, badly wanted to be a cop, only so he could enjoy the “privilege” of speeding through traffic and getting other drivers to clear a path for him.
So he came up with an idea that he must have thought was brilliant: he fitted his Dodge Charger with lights and sirens, making it look like an unmarked police cruiser. He then used it to get other drivers off the road whenever it was convenient to him, ABC11 reports.
As you may have already guessed, the dude didn’t get too far with his tricked-out car. The Raleigh Police Department caught him the other day, when another driver called in to report him.
“An unidentified driver called police when a Dodge Charger pulled up behind him, turned on red lights and played a siren horn,” the report notes. “When the driver pulled over and slowed down, the Charger sped past.”
Police didn’t take long to track down the owner of the Dodge: Devin Stenulis, from Raleigh, who was arrested and charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.
While this isn’t the first incident of this type, it’s nowhere near close to the most spectacular. That record must surely go to a 16-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, who was arrested earlier this year after he bought an Isuzu truck and fitting it with lights and sirens, driving it to accident scenes as if it were a real emergency vehicle.
To pass for a real policeman, the teen assumed fake identities online, set up a fake business and bought the truck, and even laundered money. When the (real) police finally caught him, he was slapped with over 120 charges, including identity theft, reckless driving, theft, driving without a license, impersonating a police officer and financial fraud.
By comparison, Mr. Stenulis’ crime seems more like an ill-inspired and illegal attempt at showing off for the ladies.
As you may have already guessed, the dude didn’t get too far with his tricked-out car. The Raleigh Police Department caught him the other day, when another driver called in to report him.
“An unidentified driver called police when a Dodge Charger pulled up behind him, turned on red lights and played a siren horn,” the report notes. “When the driver pulled over and slowed down, the Charger sped past.”
Police didn’t take long to track down the owner of the Dodge: Devin Stenulis, from Raleigh, who was arrested and charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.
While this isn’t the first incident of this type, it’s nowhere near close to the most spectacular. That record must surely go to a 16-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, who was arrested earlier this year after he bought an Isuzu truck and fitting it with lights and sirens, driving it to accident scenes as if it were a real emergency vehicle.
To pass for a real policeman, the teen assumed fake identities online, set up a fake business and bought the truck, and even laundered money. When the (real) police finally caught him, he was slapped with over 120 charges, including identity theft, reckless driving, theft, driving without a license, impersonating a police officer and financial fraud.
By comparison, Mr. Stenulis’ crime seems more like an ill-inspired and illegal attempt at showing off for the ladies.
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