Fake cop in drag stops Baltimore drivers
Published: Jan. 12, 2011 at 9:21 PM
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/01/12/Fake-cop-in-drag-stops-Baltimore-drivers/UPI-86321294885292/ BALTIMORE, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Baltimore police say a man wearing a woman's wig and an overly large officer's hat has been pulling drivers over and inspecting their licenses.
In at least one case, he kept a woman's license, The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday. So far, he appears to have done little harm and in most cases has not even broken the law.
Erin Hartz, a 23-year-old who moved to Baltimore from West Virginia, said she encountered the fake officer Dec. 17. She said he was wearing Harry Potter-style glasses, a ginger wig and pleated slacks that poofed at the hips.
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Woman recalls traffic stop by fake cop in drag
Police say man has been pulling drivers over in North Baltimore
January 12, 2011|By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-01-12/news/bs-md-ci-female-cop-impersonator-20110112_1_fake-cop-fake-officer-police-officerWhen the man dressed in a wig and Harry Potter glasses with caked-on makeup and lipstick pulled her over and said he was a police officer, Erin Hartz thought she was an unwitting participant in the next John Waters movie.
"This would only happen in Baltimore," the 23-year-old recalls thinking.
The man flicked on a flashlight and shined it in her eyes, scanned her license and registration, then told her not to speed. "Get home and drive safe."
