A high-stakes charade on Interstate 85 came to a screeching halt when a South Carolina man was nabbed for speeding and playing cop. Harry Levern, Jr., 22, from Lynchburg, found himself in cuffs after trying to dupe a real deputy during a traffic stop, according to authorities.
Levern was clocked whipping his vehicle at nearly 100 mph before a deputy from the Coweta County Sheriff's Office pulled him over, as per a report by FOX 5 Atlanta. The aroma of marijuana wafting from his vehicle prompted the deputy to declare probable cause for an automobile search, a situation Levern claimed to comprehend, professing himself a member of the law enforcement, specifically with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.
"I understand," Levern reportedly told the deputy, "as I am a deputy with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office." But the assertion of his supposed badge quickly unraveled when the Coweta deputy made a swift call to Sumter County authorities, who confirmed Levern was not an employ.
The inglorious revelation was met with an admission from Levern, who, according to the incident report obtained by AOL News, eventually conceded that he was not a deputy. This confession signaled the end of his brief masquerade and the start of a stark new reality—being booked into Coweta County Jail on charges of speeding and impersonating a police officer.
