He said he was police. Then he dropped his pants.
A man is accused of posing as a Suwanee police officer, boxing in a driver at a gas station in Mulberry and then dropping his pants, Gwinnett County police say.
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Jason Andrew Webb, 37, of Buford, is charged with impersonating a public officer, a felony, and public indecency, according to arrest warrants.
Channel 2 Gwinnett County bureau chief Matt Johnson said the driver told police a dark pickup tailed him closely from his neighborhood around 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 17 to the station on Braselton Highway at Hog Mountain Road, where he stopped, thinking the man behind the wheel needed help.
Both men recorded the encounter, which the driver said lasted 30 to 40 minutes, and he reported it to police that Monday.
On the driver’s video, Webb demands to know where he lives and asks whether anything on his phone is illegal.
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“We’re looking for drugs. We’re looking for sexual abuse. We’re looking for marijuana growers. We’re looking for anything that is not of Christ,” Webb says.
Police said Webb asked whether the driver had any weapons, then lifted his shirt to show he didn’t have any either. He then pulled down his pants and exposed his butt, according to the warrants.
Webb also gave the driver a name to drop.
“Tell ‘em that Josh sent you from Suwanee PD,” he said.
Police confirmed with Suwanee that Webb was not an officer, and the name on his arrest warrants is Jason, not Josh. Gwinnett County officers arrested him Sunday, and he has since been released on bond.
Gwinnett County Master Police Officer Brock Marks said Webb was uncooperative when questioned.
“He didn’t explain why or how or even any recollection of the incident,” Marks said.
Marks said police take these cases seriously, and a quick call to dispatch can tell you whether the person claiming to be an officer is the real thing.
“If you don’t feel comfortable with the officer that you’re speaking to, if you’re uncertain whether or not they are an actual agent of the law, call 911,” Marks said.
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