Manchester Man Charged With Impersonating Homeland Security Officer

GLASTONBURY, CT ‒ A Manchester man has been charged for impersonating a Homeland Security officer in Glastonbury.

Police released the details of the June 29 arrest of Mark Mark Moran on Tuesday.

Moran, 46, of 565 Hilliard St., Manchester, was charged on June 29 with the criminal impersonation of a police officer and the improper use of high beams, according to an arrest report.

He is accused of showing up at a Glastonbury residence on May 11, saying for was from Homeland Security and asking questions about a person at the residence, implying that person "was in trouble with the law," according to an arrest report.

It was not the first time Moran was in trouble for a police-related incident.

In September 2012, Moran was arrested for an alleged scam involving police dog vests, according to police records.

According to police records, Moran was charged with third-degree larceny as a result of an investigation into a non-profit group known as Connecticut Vest a Dog, for which Moran was listed as the executive director.

Moran accepted $2,089 in charitable donations by an organization called the Sports and Medical Science Academy Magnet School and a local breeder to outfit several police dogs with protective vests, according to police records.

Police said, however, that Moran never delivered the vests.

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