Posted on 06/02/2015 11:09:52 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
SOMERSET, Pa. — State police say a man who pretended to be a state trooper running a drunken-driving checkpoint on a western Pennsylvania highway was drunk himself.
That's why 19-year-old Logan Shaulis, of Somerset, remained in the Somerset County Jail Tuesday on charges including drunken driving, impersonating a public servant and unlawful restraint.
Shaulis faces a preliminary hearing June 9. Troopers say Shaulis parked his vehicle diagonally across state Route 601 and set up road flares about 4:10 a.m.
A motorist who stopped says Shaulis claimed he was a state trooper and demanded to see the driver's license, registration and insurance papers.
Police say Shaulis tried to hand a BB pistol to the car's passenger as real troopers arrived saying, "I can't get caught with this."
Online court records don't list a defense attorney.
Only in the Land of Liberalism!
Awesome.
Did the officers see him driving? The DUI charge may not hold.
Takes one to know one?
Just as legitimate as a “real” DUI checkpoint.
Probably confiscating brewskis to keep the buzz going.
Impossible. He couldn’t have been drunk. He is 19 and 21 is the drinking age in Pennsylvania.
Impossible. He couldn’t have been drunk. He is 19 and 21 is the drinking age in Pennsylvania.
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