Woman calls 911 when car tries to pull her over
Associated Press
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. — A man driving what looked like an unmarked police car was arrested after a woman reported he tried to pull her over after she passed him on the road.
Joseph Robinson, 48, was charged with criminal impersonation of a police officer, light law violations, reckless endangerment and felony evading arrest.
Debbie Morris told police the driver of a black Ford Crown Victoria flipped on its flashing lights when she passed and pulled in front of it. Morris didn’t see blue lights and noticed the car had a Florida license tag, so she called 911. Dispatchers told her no officer was trying to stop her.
The car disappeared, but a Jonesborough police officer saw it again and stopped it.
The car was equipped with a scanner, strobe lights and a CB radio, authorities said.
“It looked just like an unmarked police car, except it had no blue lights. His were all clear,” Washington County Sheriff’s Office Investigator William Gregg said. “He said he bought it at an auction in Florida. He bought the lights and the control panel and installed all that himself.”
Robinson had the car painted black in February, and authorities believe Robinson might have been the same driver of a white car that people had reported trying to pull them over.