Police: Possible Police Impersonator Sought

State Police say they are investigating an incident in which a woman traveling on an upstate road may have been pulled over and questioned by a man pretending to be a police officer.

State troopers said the woman was not injured in the incident, but they believe the man who stopped her was definitely not a police officer.

The woman was stopped about 7:40 p.m. Monday on Leeds-Athens Road in the Town of Athens in Greene County. She told police she was pulled over by a person in what she thought was a police car and that during the incident she and her car were searched — and then she was allowed to leave.

The woman described the vehicle that pulled her over as being a blue sedan with a yellow stripe, with roof lights that were red, white and blue. The suspect
is described as being slender, tall, wearing a gray uniform and a black hat.

State troopers said they are bringing this to the public’s attention due to the fact the investigation has failed to identify any law enforcement agency or officer who made the traffic stop and are treating the matter as a possible impersonation of a police officer.