An worker of a Ford dealership in Jacksonville, Fla., is dealing with a felony cost after he was arrested final week for impersonating an officer after utilizing a service car to drag over a automotive, police mentioned.

The Chevrolet Camaro in for service belonged to the Inexperienced Cove Springs Police Division, which had left it at Duval Ford so police lights may very well be put in. On Dec. 30, Duval Ford worker Fernando Torres was purported to be transporting the automotive, in accordance with a police report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace.

The report mentioned an officer with the Sheriff’s Workplace witnessed a person driving the yellow Camaro activate the car’s police lights and pull over a automotive. The officer stopped close by to assist with the visitors cease.

When the person within the Camaro noticed the officer, he drove off, in accordance with the report. The officer mentioned within the report that the incident was puzzling.

“I believed it to be suspicious for an additional officer to not wait and notify me that my efforts have been appreciated,” the officer wrote.

The officer then ran a search of the Camaro’s license plate and realized the automotive was owned by Inexperienced Cove Springs police, resulting in the eventual discovery that it had been utilized by a Duval Ford worker, the report mentioned.

Torres was arrested Jan. 4 and charged with illegal use of blue lights and false impersonation of officers, a felony. He was out on bail with no trial date set but.

Torres was fired by Duval Ford, the report mentioned.

Duval Ford President Alex Graham mentioned in an e-mail to Automotive Information that the dealership “totally cooperated with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace.”