Crime & Safety
Drunk Man Pretended To Be Cop In Bryn Mawr, Authorities Say
An intoxicated man pretended to be an undercover police officer during an early-morning incident earlier this month in Bryn Mawr, police say
An intoxicated Havertown man has been charged after authorities say he pretended to be an undercover police officer during an early-morning incident in Bryn Mawr earlier this month.
Court records show that Jesse Herman, 21, is facing multiple charges for the March 19 incident, including impersonating a public servant, three counts of possessing an instrument of crime, DUI and more.
Main Line Times reports that Herman was wearing a ballistic vest, had what looked like a handgun but was actually a BB gun and was telling people at 4 a.m. in a Bryn Mawr parking lot he was an undercover police officer that was going to “shut this place down.”
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When officers checked the lot, located at 801 Montgomery Avenue, they noticed a car trying to leave in a "hasty manner," the report said. That's when they located Herman and arrested him on the charges.
His preliminary hearing is May 5.
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Court records show he was unable to post bail, which was set at 10 percent of $10,000. He remains confined in Montgomery County prison, records show.
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