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I can't believe people actually have these.Collier County Sheriff deputies arrested a 37-year-old man on charges of impersonating a police officer.
Deputies said the man allegedly followed a 23-year-old motorist, while flashing a badge and yelling at her about her driving in East Naples late Monday night.
According to a news release:
Christopher J. Worrell had a loaded handgun, handcuffs, knives, boxes of ammunition, and a badge in his possession when deputies arrested him, according to Collier County sheriff’s reports.
Worrell, 2325 Hidden Lake Drive, Unit 10, East Naples, was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer, a felony.
Arrest reports gave this account:
Danielle Bower told deputies that she was traveling west on U.S. 41 East shortly after 8 p.m. when she drove through a yellow light at the intersection at Guilford Road. She noticed a silver Hummer make a U-turn at Guilford and accelerate through the intersection, running the red light.
The Hummer pulled up alongside Bower’s vehicle as she headed west on U.S. 41 East. The driver, Worrell, showed her a gold badge and signaled for her to roll down her window. Bower, who works as a CCSO emergency dispatcher, told deputies that she did not recognize the badge, the report said.
Worrell began yelling at Bower, telling her that she ran the red light, according to the report.
Bower told Worrell that if she ran the red light, then he did too. She told deputies that he, Worrell, said that he is allowed to run red lights, “to catch up to people like you,” deputies said.
Worrell then pulled the Hummer behind her vehicle, leading her to suspect he was a law enforcement officer about to pull her over, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
She turned north on Airport-Pulling Road followed by Worrell in the Hummer. She made a U-turn at the intersection of Airport-Pulling Road and Davis Boulevard, pulling into a pizzeria parking lot. Worrell proceeded west onto Davis Boulevard, the release said.
Deputies spotted Worrell driving the Hummer east on Davis near Airport-Pulling shortly before 9 p.m. Deputies conducted a traffic stop and arrested him.
A search of the Hummer turned up:
• A gold Florida concealed firearms badge
• A loaded .40 caliber Glock with a bullet in the chamber
• Three Glock magazines
• Two pairs of handcuffs and keys
• 100 extra rounds of .40 caliber ammunition
• Multiple 12-gauge shotgun shells
• Two pocket knives
• Flashlight
• A can of pepper spray
Worrell has a Florida concealed weapons permit, according to the release
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