By Lynn Bartels
The Rocky Mountain News
Related: Protecting the public from LE impersonators
A 19-year-old Highlands Ranch man faces charges of impersonating a police officer after he allegedly “arrested” someone who had toilet-papered a house.The suspect showed two people in a car a badge, handcuffed one and put him in the back of his car.
The suspect ordered the toilet paper be cleaned up and uncuffed his “prisoner,” according to Deputy Cocha Heyden, spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies were called early Sunday to the 2600 block of Danbury Lane, where they learned that two friends were in a car waiting for another group of friends who were toilet-papering a house. That’s when they were approached by a stranger claiming to be in law enforcement.
When deputies drove to his house, they found the suspect’s vehicle in the driveway, and inside spotted a badge, handcuffs and empty beer bottles, according a news release.
Deputies arrested Jesse Archuleta.
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