Phony cop gets busted by state trooper
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December 6, 2003, 11:42 AM EST
CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) _ Mistake No. 1: impersonating a police officer.
Mistake No. 2: making a traffic stop.
Mistake No. 3: stopping an off-duty state trooper.
Shalom Gelbman, 22, of New Square, made all three mistakes, state police said. Gelbman, with a strobe light on his dashboard and his high beams flashing on and off, allegedly pulled a car over Wednesday night on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, police said.
Inside the car was state trooper Seamus Lyons, who quickly put Gelbman under arrest. Gelbman was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal impersonation, and was cited for having unauthorized equipment in his car, police said.
He was also ticketed for driving without a registration or insurance. The suspect, who was driving a dark blue Mercury Grand Marquis with tinted windows, was released on $5,000 bail after his arraignment in Clarkstown Justice Court.
Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press
Charles Mims
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