Plainfield Man Charged With Impersonating a Police Officer Again Charged With Impersonating a Police Officer

A Plainfield man jailed in January for allegedly impersonating a police officer was locked up again for once more allegedly impersonating a police officer.

Ross ferraro, 45, was released on $30,000 bond Feb. 24 after spending nearly a month in the Will County jail. Ferraro’s aunt bailed him out after his attorney, Jake W. Beechy, got his bond reduced from $75,000.

But Ferraro, the son of former Carol Stream Village President Ross Ferraro Sr., didn’t stay free for long. He was taken into custody again Monday on another charge of impersonating a police officer as well as for allegedly possessing firearms without an owner’s state identification card.

Ferraro was caught with a Ruger pistol, a Taurus .45, a Sig Sauer .40 Smith & Wesson, and two Derringer revolvers, according to a criminal complaint filed in Will County court. The serial numbers were “obliterated” from one of the Derringers, the complaint said.

Ferraro did not have a firearm owner’s identification card and in fact cannot obtain one because he was convicted of bank fraud in federal court, the complaint said.

Ferraro had also tried passing himself off as a state trooper to Plainfield Police Officer Luke Ostreko, according to a criminal complaint.

Ferraro’s January arrest stemmed from his allegedly posing as a state trooper in an attempt to fool two men from D’Orazio Ford in Wilmington, according to a criminal complaint.

More than a month after allegedly pretending to be a trooper for the two men from D’Orazio Ford, Ferraro was pulled over while “driving a vehicle equipped to look like a police vehicle,” the state police said.

Ferraro was arrested, the state police said, and the ensuing “investigation resulted in the execution of a search warrant” at his home on Twin Falls Drive.

During the raid on Ferraro’s home, troopers found four firearms, ballistic vests, police badges, uniforms and two cars equipped with emergency lights, police said.

Ferraro’s apparent predilection for guns and police accoutrements was evident as far back as 1991, according to a Chicago Tribune story from that year which told of Ferraro getting caught with a revolver and police badges from the Oakbrook Terrace Police Department and the Clark County Sheriff`s Office in Nevada. Ferraro was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, unlawful use of a weapon and not having a firearm owner’s identification card for the weapon, the story said.

The aunt who posted Ferraro’s bond last month, Annette Villapiano of Chicago, acknowledged bailing her nephew out of jail but claimed to be in the dark about why he keeps getting arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Villapiano said.

Ferraro’s bond on the new charges totaled $150,000.

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