A 70-year-old man sporting a fake license plate and driving a white sedan equipped with emergency lights was arrested Thursday after he allegedly stopped unsuspecting drivers in Riverside County, authorities said.
Witnesses reported that a man driving a white Ford Crown Victoria was conducting traffic stops Thursday in Canyon Lake, near Lake Elsinore, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
The man reportedly displayed a badge with the words “agent” and “California,” authorities added. Authorities did not say why the man was stopping people.
Officers located the Crown Victoria in question Thursday and arrested Steven Sawhill, 70, of Canyon Lake, on suspicion of impersonating a peace officer, false imprisonment and vehicle code violations related to emergency lights. of the automobile.
Sawhill was also allegedly in possession of other fraudulent identification cards, authorities said.
Anyone with additional information, or who has had a similar experience, is asked to contact the Riverside Sheriff's Lake Elsinore Station at (951) 245-3300.
