EAST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP CRIME

Man allegedly fakes being a police officer after confronting reckless driver

Pennridge Regional Police investigate the actions of a resident who claimed to be a cop after confronting a reckless driver in East Rockhill Township.

Crime & Public Safety.

  • Public Safety

A driver followed an alleged reckless driver, and when authorities arrived on scene, he told them he impersonated a police officer during an altercation with the other commuter.

Pennridge Regional Police reported Monday that officers responded to the intersection of West Rock Road and Route 313 in East Rockhill Township on Feb. 18 for a report of a reckless driver.

Upon arrival, police made contact with a resident who reported a vehicle being driven in a reckless manner, police said.

The resident followed the alleged reckless driver and obtained a license plate. After obtaining the plate number, the resident and the driver had an altercation, in which the resident allegedly identified himself as a police officer.

“Police are investigating the incident following allegations that the resident was impersonating a police officer,” police said in a news release.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, with a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.


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