Fulton police arrest man in standoff who allegedly impersonated officer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Fulton police officers arrested a man after a standoff who allegedly impersonated a law enforcement officer.

Police wrote in a Tuesday press release that they were called the area of Route Z and Bluff Street for a call about “a subject that had removed a female from inside of her vehicle while claiming to be a Federal Law Enforcement Officer and showing a badge.”

Police did not name the man in the release. The man allegedly ran away after officers arrived. The man was found and a standoff occurred that required police to call in assistance from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, who brought its armored vehicle, the release says.

The man was arrested after “deployment of a less lethal projectile,” the post says. Law enforcement also found a gun in the man’s vehicle, the release says. He was arrested on suspicion of assault, resisting arrive and impersonating a law enforcement officer.

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