BRICK – The New Jersey State Police, Wall Township Police Department and Brick Township Police Department are all asking for the public’s help identifying a man who is suspected of impersonating a police officer.
The first incident occurred on August 1, when a woman reported that a fake officer attempted to pull her over. The victim had stopped in Brick Township when she thought a police officer was pulling her over. The car appeared to be a black, older model Ford Crown Victoria, and the driver activated a blue dome light on the front dashboard.
As the victim pulled over, the suspect approached her car and identified himself as a police officer. The victim soon became suspicious after a brief talk with the suspect and asked for his identification. After he refused to do so, he asked her to exit her car and attempted to remove her from the car. The victim quickly fled the scene and reported the incident.
After investigation, police learned that a similar incident occurred on August 3 in Wall Township. The incident involved another female victim who reported that a man in a black, older model Ford Crown Victoria pulled her over and impersonated a police officer.
The suspect is described as a white male, 40 to 50 years old, with long red hair pulled back in a ponytail, a red scruffy beard and tattoos on both arms and the back of his hands. He was last seen wearing black BDU pants, a light blue short-sleeved bloused shirt with the word “police” on the front and non-descriptive patches on the arms that also said “police” but no specific department. He was also wearing a duty belt and a holster with what appeared to be black handgun.
If anyone has information, they are asked to call Detective Christopher Mason of the Wall Township Police Department at 732-449-4500 ext. 1192 or Detective Michael Bennett of the Brick Township Police Department at 732-262-1100.
