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Police: Man Impersonated Officer, Pulled Over Car and Threatened Occupants with a Stun Gun
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man was arrested Wednesday night after police say he pulled over a car and claimed to be a police officer.
Fifty-four-year-old Dewey Moraine is charged with two counts of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon and one count of impersonating a public official in connection with the incident.
According to a criminal complaint in the case, police were dispatched to Hubbell Ave. and Easton Blvd. around 11:00 p.m. about someone impersonating a police officer who had a car pulled over.
When officers arrived on the scene the victims told police Moraine flashed his lights to get them to stop. The complaint says, “…Moraine had a stun gun and sparked it while yelling at them to exit the vehicle.”
A witness who saw the exchange told police Moraine made statements about being a police officer.
Police found two stun guns and a black air soft pistol In Moraine’s vehicle.
Moraine is being held in the Polk County Jail on a bond of $6,000.