{"id":137351,"date":"2023-02-19T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=137351"},"modified":"2023-02-19T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:38:00","slug":"arrest-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=137351","title":{"rendered":"Arrest After Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeremy DeWitte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The endless traffic stops that Jeremy DeWitte made were posted on YouTube to the entertainment of many.\u00a0 He was not shy about his encounters, employing the full use of body cams.<\/p>\n

The only problem – DeWitte was not law enforcement and had no authority to stop anybody.\u00a0 He even had an official-looking motorcycle with the name “METRO-STATE” imprinted on the windscreen.<\/p>\n

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He Pulled Over Countless Drivers. One Big Problem<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Narratively explores the tale of ‘notorious police impersonator’ Jeremy Dewitte
\nBy John Johnson, Newser Staff
\nPosted Feb 18, 2023<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Dewitte, during one of his arrests.\u00a0\u00a0 (YouTube\/Fraudie International Operations)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The thing of it is, the business idea itself wasn’t a bad one. In the early 2010s, Jeremy Dewitte launched a company called Metro State to provide escorts for funerals in Florida. But as Dylan Taylor-Lehman writes at Narratively, things got seriously out of hand. As in, Dewitte would go on to become the “world’s most notorious police impersonator,” writes Taylor-Lehman. The story explains how Dewitte and his small team of co-workers would don uniforms that looked for all the world like police uniforms, then exercise authority they absolutely did not have on the roads. Dewitte would routinely pull over drivers, or attempt to do so, and berate them. Countless videos of such encounters exist, like this one<\/a>. In fact, an entire\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a> is devoted to the subject.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dewitte became very<\/em>\u00a0familiar to police in the Orlando area, and he had numerous run-ins with officers. Once during questioning, he let slip that he kept body cam videos of his encounters to protect himself legally. A judge then issued a search warrant, and the seized footage helped prosecutors build a case against him. He served about a year in jail, was out for a month, then was rearrested in November for violating the terms of his probation. He is currently incarcerated again. Amid all this, Dewitte and his “strange and twisted” tale have become an internet obsession for many. A key detail: The story notes that Dewitte was charged with felony impersonation of an officer back in 1998, just after he turned 18, an offense that made it impossible for him to ever become a\u00a0real<\/em>\u00a0officer. Read the\u00a0full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Love the sunglasses and stormtrooper boots.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nMore can be found here, including a video: DeWitte Arrest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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