Police Impersonator Charged With Shoplifting at Sears: Officials

ANNAPOLIS, MD — An alleged shoplifter at Annapolis Mall was apparently wearing badges from two area police departments when he was taken into custody Wednesday.

Anne Arundel County Police charged Diamante Daqawn Scott, 21, of the 1300 block of Congress Street in Washington, D.C., with shoplifting and for impersonating a police officer.

Police were called to the Sears store at the mall about a shoplifting case. The store’s loss prevention officers told police they saw Scott reportedly steal a $12.99 printer cord. The suspect was then taken into custody without incident.

Scott was wearing a lanyard that displayed a Prince George’s County Police uniform badge with a Prince George’s County Police patch underneath, authorities say. On the reverse side of the lanyard, there was a Metropolitan Police Department uniform badge.

»Photo of Diamante Scott, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police