Reports of police impersonator in NW suburbs

July 19, 2010 (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.)

In both cases the fake cops were in an SUV with lights and sirens.

In the first case the offender threw a glass bottle striking the victim's vehicle when the victim pulled over.

In the second case, the victim pulled over, and the driver approached the vehicle and identified himself as a Prospect Heights officer. When the driver asked for the offender's badge the man left the scene.

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