Crime & Safety
Police: Deer Park Teen Impersonated Cop 3 Times, Responded to Domestic Dispute
The 18-year-old attempted to handle a domestic incident in Dix Hills in September, police say.
A Deer Park man was arrested on Thursday and charged with impersonating a police officer on three separate occasions in September, police said.
Max Sapirman, 18, faces three counts of second degree criminal Impersonation.
According to police, a married couple from Commack Road in Dix Hills had an argument in September and the wife told her friend about the incident.
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The friend said her daughter’s boyfriend, referring to Sapirman, was a Suffolk County police officer and would respond and handle the domestic incident, police said.
The wife’s friend called Sapirman and he responded to the Dix Hills home on Sept. 15, police said.
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The following night, Sapirman contacted the wife again and stated that he had to come over to question her and her husband again, police said. On both Sept. 15 and 16, Sapirman ordered the husband to leave the premises for the night, police said.
Sapirman contacted the wife on the afternoon of Sept. 20 to question the couple again, police said. Sapirman did not ask the husband to leave the premises on that occasion, police said.
On all three occasions, police said Sapirman asked the wife if she wanted her husband arrested and the woman declined each time.
On Nov. 4, the wife became aware that Sapirman was not an officer and contacted authorities, police said.
Following an investigation, Second Squad detectives arrested Sapirman at his Deer Park home shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Sapirman had in his possession a T-shirt, a baseball cap and a long-sleeved shirt with the Suffolk County Police Department’s patch and insignia on it, police said. None of that clothing is standard issue for Suffolk County Police officers, police said.
Sapirman was held overnight at the Second Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday.
The investigation is continuing and police are asking any other potential victims to contact the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.
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