INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - State Police troopers are investigating a man's report of a possible police impersonator near the Marion-Shelby county line on Sunday, April 19.
The man told troopers an unidentified man pulled him over as he was driving toward Indianapolis on Interstate 74 between the 99 and 103 mile markers. The suspect was driving a black and tan Dodge Charger and activated a red and blue light bar to conduct a traffic stop on the victim. The victim said the man approached from the driver’s side, tapped a flashlight on the window and identified himself as a State Trooper. The man then requested the victim's license and registration, then never returned to his car with the documents.
The suspect was described as a black male between five feet, eight inches and six feet, weighing 180 to 200 pounds with a buzzed haircut and mustache. He was wearing a police uniform - a dark blue long sleeve shirt, dark blue pants and a red tie. He also wore an oval-shaped badge with an eagle on top over his left shirt pocket, and gloves. The victim did not see any other identification, a hat or a gun on the suspect.
Indiana law requires a police officer to either be in full uniform, or in a marked police vehicle to conduct a traffic stop. A police officer in plain clothes and an unmarked vehicle is not permitted to make a traffic stop for a traffic violation.
Anyone with information about the suspect or the Dodge Charger he drove should call Crime Stoppers at (317) 232-TIPS (8477)
