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A man pulled over by police last week in Brook Park, Ohio, claimed to be, variously, a CIA officer, FBI agent, DEA agent, and a U.S. Treasury agent. The bizarre roadside interaction ended with his arrest on charges of impersonating a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court. The incident unfolded shortly after 10 p.m. on May 8, when Gregory Candea allegedly activated a set of blue police lights in his Ford F350 prior to making an illegal left turn.
Interest piqued, Sgt. Harold Duncan of the Brook Park PD stopped the truck and asked for Candeas license. Candea advised Sergeant Duncan that he was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Agent working undercover, says the complaint. Sergeant Duncan asked for Candeas CIA credentials, to which Candea, who was wearing a t-shirt bearing the CIA emblem on his left breast, instead produced a badge bearing the name Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), explaining he also works for the FBI. Duncan then spotted a pair of handcuffs inside the vehicle, along with a Drug Enforcement Administration badge. After another officer arrived at the scene, Candea said he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department.
It turned out Candea worked for none of the four federal agencies he claimed to be a part of, but he did have multiple warrants out for his arrest, the complaint states. When cops asked Candea why he never showed up for his court cases, Candea allegedly responded, I never go to court, I have too much authority in the United States.
A search of Candeas car turned up a stun gun and paperwork associated with the purchase of numerous firearms and boxes of ammunition. He does not have a lawyer listed in court records.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gregory-candea-of-ohio-arrested-for-posing-as-cia-fbi-dea-and-treasury-agent-in-single-traffic-stop
Silent3
(15,265 posts)zuul
(14,628 posts)marble falls
(57,204 posts)EYESORE 9001
(25,975 posts)marble falls
(57,204 posts)... the main street through town is called Brookpark on the street signs.
Brookpark Skateland Inc
http://brookparkskateland.com/
Brookpark Smokes & Beverages
https://www.yelp.com/biz/brookpark-smokes-and-beverages-brookpark
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.jPOrOCKfozsVxt8lKHgTgwAAAA%26pid%3DApi&f=1
Most people living in Brook Park claim to be in Brookpark and 90% of the rest of Cuyahoga county think it's Brookpark.
EYESORE 9001
(25,975 posts)Im among the hardheaded 10% who didnt know any better.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)EYESORE 9001
(25,975 posts)Im now at the junction of Amish country and the farthest limit of the Cleveland megalopolis. Here I will remain.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)... Amish farms we passed going towards Akron. There's an older but significant population is in southern Ohio below Canton.
EYESORE 9001
(25,975 posts)centered around Geauga County.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)Of course what I remember best from Geauga county is Geauga Lake Park and the Dali Museum - both of which have been gone for decades.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)RockRaven
(14,998 posts)NBachers
(17,136 posts)Sure to get me out of the next jam Im in.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)H2O Man
(73,605 posts)marble falls
(57,204 posts)hunter
(38,326 posts)He'd have fared better under the protection of a sparkly unicorn. Those sparkly unicorns are powerful beasts, make the scariest CIA assassins tremble.
Unfortunately, here in the U.S.A., prisons are almost exclusively the places where these sorts of mental illnesses are treated.
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getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)I mean, hey, he has a lot of responsibility.