Authorities arrested a man who pretended to be an officer and pulled over two drivers in Brick on Sunday, police said.
Kenneth Murphy, 56, of Brick, was charged with two counts of impersonating a police officer after he stopped one woman on Barberry Lane and another outside of a Wawa on Brick Boulevard.
In one of the incidents, Murphy followed a woman into a Wawa parking lot and activated blue and red emergency lights before telling her he was an off-duty officer, police said. The woman went into the store and told the staff she believed Murphy was impersonating an officer, but he continued to linger around her car while talking into a small, two-way radio, police said.
When she exited the store, Murphy told the woman he was calling for back-up, police said.
“The victim responded that she would call 9-1-1, at which point the suspect got back into the pickup and drove away,” Brick police said in a news release.
Details of the incident circulated on Facebook, leading to the discovery of the second victim who was approached by Murphy the same day less than a mile away, authorities said.
Police are encouraging anyone who was approached in this manner to contact Brick Det. Bob Shepherd at 732-262-1121.
Credit: NJ.com
Hey remember when this happened to me? Because he had no record he got everything reduced to a disorderly persons offense and received no jail time! So this guy won’t get any jail time either !
Laura Michelle u right.
Unbelievable ????
Lisa Candito this was what u posted about.
Nicole Frazier yes
Brick PD kicks butt! They solve real crimes. I sleep well at night
Why was this guy doing that? To fuck with them, or abduct?
Paul Maliczyszyn nothing good, that’s for sure.
Shannon Lindström no shiiiiiiit lol
U Better Have Back Up
Brooke Leigh
David N Karen Napoleon they caught him
Drive through Lakewood you’ll see quite a few impersonating police officers, with blue and red lights and sirens.
John Patrick Butler biotch plz !! Got that right
John Patrick Butler they damn near run you off the road to get through traffic.
yet the actual police do nothing
John Patrick Butler, I avoid Lakewood like the plague…
Wow, that can be scary!!
crazy that he first says hes an offduty officer than tells the ladies hes retired i think the guy is just a nutcase
James Gehrold I think hes dangerous and had ill intentions…
Stacey Bagley-Thomson
Scarey…how do you know who’s lieing….especially with lights…
Barbara Somes my guess is that Wawa has surveillance cameras that showed him allegedly doing this in parking lot
Ocean County Scanner News I think she meant.. how do u tell the real officers pulling you over from the fake.. if using emergency lights ..
U can tell by the color of the lights I believe ????
Barbara Somes always ask to see their Department Issued identification, not the badge.
Kelly Renee Costa always ask for identification
Ocean County Scanner News I know what to do .. just restating OP question to you ????
Ocean County Scanner News always asks for a marked Police vehicle before giving any info or getting out of your car…..TM
Ocean County Scanner News the few times I’ve ever been pulled over I’ve asked the officer for ID and kindly ask if I can call into the PD to confirm. Ive never had a hard time from an officer when asking. I was commended by an officer for doing that. I pulled away with just a warning however, was not my intention to get out of a ticket by doing this.
Pam Perez you can buy anything you want online now
hopefully it’s the same dude that pulled over my wife the other day in the middle of the road on Lakehurst road in Toms River we filed a police report
Paul J Hulse contact brick police. This incident happened to my daughters friend. She was scared to death.
Anna Roma-Jones my wife works nights but I’m definitely going to let her know when she gets up to contact the brick police my wife was also pretty shook up about it when it happened she was taking my son to therapy
Paul J Hulse in the middle of the road? He a special kinda stupid
Gina Mauro. Solved
Debbie De Vellis Krayesky ridiculous
Why is this guys photo not shown ?!
Kelly Renee Costa exactly
Samantha Wozniak
Diego Ramos Odalys Ramos
I’de say if suspicious get your phone/video to start recording them and see how that form of “identification” suits them. A collection of these should be able to be submitted to any proceedings following an arrest and court.
Let me just get this out there ! What a Dumb shit!
SCUMBAG
Fantastic job thank you Brick police!!
You hav to be very careful out there, don’t be afraid to lock up &I find a police station. Better safe then sorry
And people wonder why it’s a stupid idea to have unmarked cars that actual police officers use
Andrea Mendez
Renata Picioccio
Chris Hogrelius ????????♂️
Joan McKeever Gallagher this guy lives in our neighborhood
Jennifer Gallagher I just read this , wacko????
Ann McKeever Jones yup
Denise FYI if this ever happens
If ever in doubt call 911 and only stop in public area.
What was that guy looking for by pretending to be an officer? Was he volunteering duty?
Suzanne Margaret Sammis
Anthony Pien
When in doubt just drive your car to the police station. Too scary what a creep. Glad they arrested him.
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