Bergen Executive's Son Name-Drops Him During FL Stop: Video

VERO BEACH, FL — Video from the arrest of James Tedesco IV, the son of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, has been published, and confirms earlier police reports which stated that the younger Tedesco lied about being a New York City firefighter on Sept. 11, 2001.

That video, posted to YouTube, shows Tedesco interacting with officers before he was charged with impersonating a police officer and marijuana possession after an arrest in Vero Beach, Florida.

It also shows his name-dropping his father.

"I’ve never been in trouble in my life," Tedesco told the Indian River county sheriff's deputy. "My dad was the mayor. He’s actually a fireman. My dad was the mayor."

Tedesco was the mayor of Paramus from 2003 to 2010, and is, in fact, the Bergen County Executive. But his son told some falsehoods during the exchange as well.

According to an arrest report from the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, Tedesco was driving down I-95 in a black SUV with a New York license plate while red and blue lights flashed on the passenger's side. He was going 95mph, the report said.

When an officer pulled him over, Tedesco said he had just left Mims, Florida, and was traveling to Miami, Florida, to work a fire, explaining that he was currently employed by the Miami Fire Department, which is untrue, he later admitted.

Tedesco then asked the officer if there is "anything you can do," the report said. "I am a firefighter who worked on 9/11."

That was also untrue. Read more: Son Of Bergen Executive Charged With Impersonating Cop

While officers searched the car, they found a New York police jacket, a DEA hat, two rifle cases both loaded with AR-15s, loaded rifle magazines, more than 1,100 rounds of ammunition, a New York Police Department issued bag, a gas mask, 38 grams of marijuana in baggies and brass knuckles, the report said.