Authorities Release Sketch Of Police Impersonator Suspect
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office released a composite sketch of a man they believe is impersonating a police officer.
The suspect is described as a white male with short brown hair and brown eyes, heavy set with a "belly" and a graying mustache. He was wearing black pants, a black shirt with Police on chest and Sheriff on the left sleeve, and a black baseball hat.
A 20-year-old victim told police she was driving in the area of S. Wadsworth Blvd. and W. Bowles Ave. on July 25 when a man driving a black and white "patrol style" car with a red and blue light bar pulled in behind her. As she made a left turn onto W. Bowles Ave the man activated the emergency lights and initiated a traffic stop.
She pulled her car to the side of the road and the man pulled in behind her. Once the cars were pulled over he exited his car and approached her car. He ordered her out of the car, and when she refused, he yelled at her to get out of the car again. She told him she was calling her parents, at that time he ran back to his car and drove away at a high rate of speed eastbound on W. Bowles Ave.
The car he was driving is an unknown make/model police style sedan, described by the victim as being "black and white, but mostly white", with an older bubble style red and blue light bar on the roof.
Jefferson County authorities are working with police in Aurora about similarities between their case and another police impersonator investigation.
"The description of the suspect and what they were wearing was similar. Some of the mannerisms by the suspect on both of those stops were similar and without going into detail that's sort of a key for us," said Jefferson County Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelly.
In Aurora, A woman said two men pretending to be police officers pulled her over early Sunday in the 10400 block of East Alameda near Havana, told her to get out of the car and sexually assaulted her on the sidewalk.
"Just an absolute horrific situation where she was sexually assaulted on the sidewalk next to her car," said Aurora Police Detective Bob Friel.
Police said the incident happened in an isolated area and that the victim did not see anyone around during the attack.
"Everything indicated that this was a legitimate traffic stop by legitimate police officers," said Friel.
The men had overhead lights on their vehicle similar to a police car. The fake cops were both wearing dark blue police uniforms, including gun belts and badges.
In that case, one suspect is described as a white or Hispanic man between the ages of 30-40 with black spiked hair. The other man is described as white or Hispanic, between 40-50 years old with a mustache and a pot belly.
Police say it's important to pull over in a well-lit area with others around. If there is any doubt about whether the police officer is legitimate, police urge drivers to call 911 to confirm.
