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Police impersonator reported in Fremont County

Sheriff reports suspect stopped driver on Colorado Highway 115
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Posted at 9:56 PM, Jan 07, 2023
and last updated 2023-01-07 23:56:25-05

FREMONT COUNTY, Colorado — The Fremont County Sheriff's Office is alerting the public about a possible police impersonator who recently stopped a driver on Colorado Highway 115.

Deputies describe the suspect as a young, white man between 20 and 30 years old with reddish hair styled in a mullet. He has a thin mustache and was wearing a backward ball cap, sunglasses, a ballistic vest over a long-sleeved gray shirt, and dark pants.

"The suspect produced a weapon and tried to take the victim’s vehicle," Sheriff Allen Cooper wrote in a news release.

The suspect vehicle is described as Gray Dodge Charger with red/blue lights on the visor.

Cooper encourages anyone with information that could help investigators to contact Deputy Piper of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 719-276-5555, reference case 23-0035.
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