Teen Arrested for Impersonating a Police Officer

A local teen is in a heap of trouble after allegedly being dressed like a cop with a handgun at a local ice cream shop earlier today, according to a report.

Chance LaCasse, 19, of Merrimack, was arrested at around 11:30 a.m. on April 1, 2015, and charged with impersonating a police officer.

According to a press release from the New Hampshire State Police, two troopers from Troop B in Bedford were alerted a report of man impersonating a police officer, in full uniform with patches on his sleeves, “wearing a visible handgun on his hip.”

The man was reportedly at the King Kone on Route 3 in Merrimack and left in a blue Ford Explorer and was reportedly heading north on the Everett Turnpike. With help from the Merrimack Police, the troopers identified the man as LaCasse and later, caught up with him in an area off the Bedford Road exit.

After a short investigation, according to police, he was arrested, according to the report. 

Editor’s note: This post was derived from information supplied by the New Hampshire State Police. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch police report.