ICYMI: Man Pretends to Be Cop After Friend Racks Up High Bar Tab: Police

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in Farmingdale Patch:

BY: RYAN BONNER

A Long Island man impersonated a cop in an attempt to get his friend's bar tab lowered, Nassau Police said.
Steven McKeon, 26, was arrested Saturday and charged with second degree criminal impersonation of a public servant.

According to police, McKeon, of Bayville, was at One Eye Jacks located at 380 N. Wantagh Ave. in Bethpage around 10 p.m. on Dec. 18 when he "became angry because his friend’s bar tab was too high," police said.

McKeon complained to the bartender and said that he was a Nassau County police officer and displayed a silver object that appeared to be a police badge, police said. The bar manager refused to lower the bill and requested that McKeon leave the establishment, police said.

McKeon left the bar, but was arrested in Hicksville on Saturday, police said. He was released on a desk appearance ticket returnable on Jan. 9 at First District Court in Hempstead.