Maryland State Police say a 19-year-old posed as one in all their officers and made faux visitors stops.
The company mentioned Jayden Ballard of Salisbury was served a legal summons in February and was charged with impersonating a police officer and illegal taking of a motorcar.
“The Maryland State Police acquired data alleging that Ballard had gained entry to a marked Maryland State Police car,” in response to police.
“Investigators consider he was working the patrol car whereas sporting a Maryland State Police uniform all through Wicomico County and conducting illegal visitors stops,” authorities added.
The images purportedly present Ballard sporting a beige uniform with a radio hooked up to his chest.
A Maryland State Police spokesperson instructed WJLA that how Ballard gained entry to the uniform and police cruiser is “a part of the investigation.”
“Police are asking anybody who could have interacted with Ballard whereas he was impersonating a Maryland State Trooper, to contact the Maryland State Police Felony Enforcement Division,” State Police additionally mentioned in an announcement.
Ballard’s trial is at present scheduled to start September 24, in response to on-line courtroom data.
