New York Man Accused Of Pretending To Be NYPD Cop In Nashua In 2021

NASHUA, NH — After more than three and a half years, a New York man has been arrested after being accused of impersonating a police officer in Nashua.

On May 10, 2021, police in Nashua received a call about a man in a non-emergency vehicle using blue lights while attempting to stop motorists. Sgt. John Cinelli, the public information officer and communications division supervisor for the Nashua Police Department, said while investigating the incident, officers learned the exact vehicle had been seen at a local hospital’s ambulance bay.

“An employee at this hospital stated that a male had removed a license plate from his car and displayed an NYPD license plate,” he said. “Additionally, the employee reported that the male was wearing an NYPD sweatshirt.”

The next day, in Webster, Abm Faisal, 34, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested while operating a non-emergency vehicle with blue flashing lights, Cinelli said. Faisal was interviewed by Webster police and accused of making statements that led to Nashua police applying for a warrant against him for felony false personation. He turned himself in on the warrant Tuesday.

Faisal was released on $600 cash bail and is due in Nashua District Court for arraignment on Jan. 14, 2025.

About two weeks after the Nashua and Webster incidents, Faisal was arrested in Times Square after being accused of possessing a BB gun, a police license plate, and wearing a NYPD sweatshirt, according to the New York Post. Faisal told the newspaper he did not feel safe in the city and had previously been attacked.

Fox News reported Faisal had been “skulking around” the studios of “Good Morning America” on the day in question and was spotted by a detective working security at Broadway and West 44th St. at the time of the incident.

At the time of the arrest, Faisal was living in Brooklyn.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the Nashua Police Department Crime Line at 603-589-1665.

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