Sep 29, 2009 12:33 pm US/Central
Teenage Cop Impersonator Off To Jail
Boy Walked Into Police Station In Uniform, Got To Go On Patrol
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Last summer, the teenage boy who duped cops into thinking he was one of them by donning a uniform and walking into the Grand Crossing District station was warned by a judge that if he screwed up again, he'd go from wearing a police uniform to a juvenile detention jumpsuit.
"I've given (him) chance after chance after chance," Berman said. "There have to be consequences."
The boy, who was on home confinement, violated probation five times in August, according to Tandra Simonton, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman. She said he also "lied" to the judge and officers about the situation.
In January, the 5-foot 3-inch eighth grader, then 14, made national headlines when he walked into the Grand Crossing District station dressed in a police uniform and announced he was assigned to traffic patrol there. He signed out a police radio and joined another officer in a patrol car for five hours, police and prosecutors said.
He even participated in an arrest.
In May, the teen charlatan masqueraded as an adult again when he swiped a used Lexus from a South Side dealership. At the time he was on electronic monitoring for impersonating an officer. Wearing a suit, the teen, walked onto a used car lot and, after convincing the owner he worked downtown, drove off in a car without paying.
He was later sentenced to three years' probation by Berman for his conviction for possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
In June, the boy allegedly threatened to beat up a sheriff's officer so he could escape from custody.
At his July hearing, where Berman warned him that he'd be sentenced to the juvenile detention facility if he ran awry of the law again, the boy was ordered to return to court a month later to follow up on whether he had been adhering to probationary conditions.
The Associated Press and the STNG Wire contributed to this report.
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