Utah woman says fake cop pursued her for miles, stopped her

TAYLORSVILLE — A girl mentioned a driver, apparently impersonating regulation enforcement, adopted her, harassed her for a number of miles and even pressured her to cease throughout an early morning encounter Friday that led her to name 911.

Tori, who requested that her final title not be used for security causes, instructed KSL 5 on Friday that she was returning residence from Draper at round 2:00 a.m. Friday morning on northbound I-15 when she seen a silver Chevy Silverado enter the freeway and start to flash a set of inexperienced and white lights.

“This man stored pulling in entrance of my automobile and slamming on the brakes and attempting to get me to tug over on the freeway,” the lady mentioned. “I used to be scared out of my thoughts—it’s not enjoyable.”

Tori mentioned as soon as she was off the freeway and heading westbound on 7200 South, the driving force of the Silverado acted much more aggressively, forcing her to cease.

“He pulled in entrance of me and blocked two lanes of visitors,” she mentioned.

At that time, the driving force obtained out, in line with Tori.

“He was carrying this pretend police uniform—prefer it seemed prefer it was from Spirit Halloween,” she mentioned. “He was, like, calling me names and simply telling me I had been driving like a maniac, however I had simply been driving tremendous cautious.”

Tori confirmed the unknown man that she was on the telephone with 911.

“As soon as I began asking for info—like his badge quantity and what division he labored for—he form of simply backed off,” the lady mentioned.

Utah Freeway Patrol confirmed late Friday that it had obtained a name to its dispatch from the lady however finally it was decided to be as much as Taylorsville Police to research.

A name to a Taylorsville Police spokesman was not instantly returned Friday.

Tori mentioned she was sharing her story to alert others as a result of the driving force remained on the market someplace, and she or he feared he could try and do the identical with another person.

“I don’t know what his motives have been—if he was attempting to rip-off folks or attempt to, like, harm folks,” Tori mentioned. “I simply don’t need it to occur to different folks—it was actually scary to undergo.”