SOUTHINGTON, CT — Southington police arrested a 47-year-old South Windsor man on Wednesday, Nov. 4, on charges that he posed as an FBI agent to try to get surveillance footage from a 7-Eleven, the department announced Friday, Nov. 6. The man turned himself in at police headquarters, police said, and faces charges of impersonating a police officer and criminal attempt to commit commercial bribery, Patch reported.
The Nov. 1 Visit to the Queen Street 7-Eleven
Police said the man walked into the 7-Eleven at 500 Queen St. on Sunday, Nov. 1, wearing a jacket marked "FBI," said he was a federal agent and asked for the store's surveillance footage. When an employee asked to see law enforcement credentials, he had none to show.
He left and came back without the jacket, police said. This time he admitted the FBI claim was false and offered $100 to see the footage. Store workers turned him down and called police.
How Police Found Him
Investigators reviewed the store's surveillance video, and the department's automated license plate reader system helped them find the vehicle involved, police said. That information and other investigative work led them to the man. Investigators later recovered the FBI jacket as evidence and obtained a warrant for his arrest.
Police have not said why he wanted the store's footage.