The Dallas Morning News
IRVING, Texas - Irving police are looking for a man who posed as a police officer and assaulted a woman during a fake traffic stop.
The incident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 23 along the northbound lanes of Loop 12, near the Northwest Highway exit.
The woman, whose name police have not released, reported that she noticed a black extended-cab Chevy pickup with dark windows driving beside her. When she sped up, the truck moved behind her, and she saw red-and-blue flashing lights on the truck’s dash and grill.
According to the police report, the woman pulled over just inside the Dallas city limits. The truck’s driver approached her door, told her she was speeding and demanded that she get out of the car. When she refused, the man tried to pull her out of the car, grabbing at her shirt and hitting the side of her face with his hand.
When she began dialing a number on her cell phone, the man ran back to his truck and fled north on Loop 12. The woman noticed that the rear lights were also flashing as he drove away, but she was unable to get the license plate number. She last saw the truck exiting to westbound Interstate 635 from northbound Interstate 35.
Police have released a sketch of the man, who is described as white, 6 feet tall and of medium weight and muscular build. He was wearing khaki pants, a short-sleeved white shirt and a cream-colored felt cowboy hat. He also wore a holstered gun on the right side of his belt, with mace and handcuffs on the left.
A second, person, described as a white male wearing a ball cap, was in the truck’s passenger seat.
Investigators are asking that anyone with information regarding this assault contact the Irving Police Department (972) 721-2518.
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