Police Impersonator Preying on Hookers Nabbed After Crafty Dick Hooked Him With Cell Phone Call During Chase
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- A United States Park Police detective questioning prostitutes on a downtown Washington street corner early this morning, was approached by a hooker who told him she had just been robbed by a man passing himself off as a U.S. Marshal. This police impersonator had been posing as a cop for the last several months and while the detective was talking to the hooker about her robbery, she got a phone call from the fake cop who asked her why she was talking to a real cop.
The impersonator was right across the street from the U.S. Park Police detective, who spotted him and radioed for backup and the chase was on!
The impersonator raced through the District and into Maryland and down Rt. 210 into Charles County. During the chase the quick thinking Federal Dick used the phone number he had gotten from the hooker’s cell phone and called the Fake Marshal, convincing him first to slow his vehicle and then to stop the chase.
More on this story as details become available.
The credit for a good job on this case goes to U.S. Park Police Detective Arthur Jacobson who was the quick thinking detective.