Fake Cop Pulls Over Real Cops, Has Illegal Guns

[MrBenchley]

Whaddaya want to bet this guy is a Limbaugh listener?

"A 34-year-old bail bondsman and grocery store security guard was charged in Anne Arundel County with impersonating an officer after an investigation that began when he allegedly used emergency lights to pull over another vehicle that contained two real policemen.
Karl Glenn Salenieks of the 1900 block of Cavalier Circle in Crofton also was charged with illegal possession of firearms by a convicted felon after police reportedly uncovered an arsenal of weapons -- including semiautomatic guns -- in his home.
Anne Arundel County police said they're looking for other drivers who might have been illegally pulled over by Salenieks, who police say also owned two police badges, a bulletproof vest and other law enforcement equipment.
"I'm hoping to get people to come forward so we can find out the extent of what he's been doing," said Detective Thomas P. Middleton, who investigated and arrested Salenieks. "He's pretending to be a police officer, and that scares me; that -- coupled with the arsenal that he had -- scares me." "

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/crime/bal-arrest0307,0,7626352.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. I wonder if he bailed himself out...

"Salenieks was charged with 12 offenses: five counts of impersonating a police officer, six weapons charges and one charge of possessing bulletproof armor. Bail was set at $200,000, and Salenieks was released Monday on bond, according to court documents."

damn freepers

[FSogol]

4. Its illegal to have bulletproof armor? n/t

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6. It's illegal for a felon to posses bulletproof armor/vests.

To the best of my knowledge, there are no laws prohibiting a non-felon from possession.

[FSogol]

8. Oh, I see. Are friends of Cheney allowed to have armor,

even though they are felons? ;)

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13. Depends... some felons are treated better than other felons.

From the 1968 Gun Control Act...

"20) The term "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" does not include --

(A) any Federal or State offenses pertaining to antitrust violations, unfair trade practices, restraints of trade, or other similar offenses relating to the regulation of business practices, or..."

http://www.atf.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/gca.htm



§ 931. Prohibition on purchase, ownership, or possession of body armor by violent felons
Release date: 2005-08-03

(a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for a person to purchase, own, or possess body armor, if that person has been convicted of a felony that is—
(1) a crime of violence (as defined in section 16); or
(2) an offense under State law that would constitute a crime of violence under paragraph (1) if it occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
(b) Affirmative Defense.—
(1) In general.— It shall be an affirmative defense under this section that—
(A) the defendant obtained prior written certification from his or her employer that the defendant’s purchase, use, or possession of body armor was necessary for the safe performance of lawful business activity; and
(B) the use and possession by the defendant were limited to the course of such performance.
(2) Employer.— In this subsection, the term “employer” means any other individual employed by the defendant’s business that supervises defendant’s activity. If that defendant has no supervisor, prior written certification is acceptable from any other employee of the business.

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000931----000-.html

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9. And possession of 6 firearms is defined as having an "arsenel"...

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[MrBenchley]

11. Yup...

And it's a nice look into the sort of specimen that creams his jeans over guns. Bet he could repeat ever word of rubbish that gets bandied about down in the gungeon by the trigger happy.

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17. WTF!

:hug:

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[opihimoimoi]

2. If things can go wrong...sooner or later...it will, Murphys Law

[jsamuel]

3. great job guys, you might have just prevented the next sniper killer

[MrBenchley]

5. Agreed....

Wonder how he got hold of those guns?

[slackmaster]

18. Obviously he got them illegally

A convicted felon cannot legally possess a gun in Maryland.

[MrBenchley]

20. Do you think the NRA faery left them under a cabbage leaf?

Yeah, those gun nuts are such sticklers for laws...(snicker)

Maybe he got them from this asswipe; an NRA board member who "lost" hundreds of guns....

"Federal agents revoked the firearms license yesterday of a prominent Baltimore County gun shop owned by a National Rifle Association board member, pointing to his repeated failure to account for hundreds of guns listed in his inventory since 1997.
The license seizure came one day after a federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by Valley Gun of Parkville. Owner Sanford Abrams sued to stop the federal government from taking his license to sell firearms at the store, which has been in operation since 1954.
Abrams is vice president of the Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association and a board member of the National Rifle Association, a leading guns-rights lobbying group. He was elected last year to another three-year term."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.guns25feb25,0,3075526.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

[slackmaster]

23. No

Do you think the NRA faery left them under a cabbage leaf?

I think he bought them from another criminal on the black market. Or he went to another state, bought them from another criminal on the black market, then smuggled them into Maryland.

[MrBenchley]

24. Or he bought them from that NRA board member

Or he went into a neighboring state and bought them at a gun show....

[slackmaster]

26. I'm sure you are aware either would be illegal

For both the buyer and the seller.

[MrBenchley]

27. I'm sure gun loonies put their fetish objects above such trivial concerns

[slackmaster]

28. Anyone who does that is a criminal

:nuke:

[Call me Deacon Blues]

7. That happened to a guy I used to know . . .

Had a few screws loose. Wanted to be a cop so bad he couldn't stand it, so he went out an bought the same model & make car the local police used. Fitted it with a cage, took off the back seat door handles, and put blue lights under the front grille. Told us he was an undercover cop, but we all knew he was just crazy. THEN, he managed to get a real book of blank traffic tickets and started pulling people over. He pulled over an off-duty cop & got busted. Sad but hilarious. That was 25 years ago. I hear he's a rural deputy somewhere in Kentucky these days. Strange but true.

[MrBenchley]

12. Some weird folks out there....

[Minnesota Libra]

10. This is just too funny!! Serves him right!! nt

[catmandu57]

16. We made our wannbes night watchman

In the little town I lived in a lifetime ago, mostly they just sat in their cars while the kids dragraced down main street. One of them wrote me a ticket once, I tore it up and threw it back, never heard a damn thing about it.
I wonder if this guy was popping gum like a maniac and squirting in his shorts.

[MrBenchley]

21. LOL!

[indie_voter]

22. A contender for O'bermann's Countdown! n/t

[gkhouston]

25. LOL, I can see that go-to-commercial-break paper fling now...

what a moran!

[benEzra]

29. "including semiautomatic guns"

Criminals posing as police are one of the most worrisome scenarios I can think of, but this line in the news report was downright amusing:

an arsenal of weapons -- including semiautomatic guns

GASP! Semiautomatic guns!

Imagine that, a guy impersonating a police officer might actually have illegally obtained a pistol (shock, horror). I mean, your average police impersonator probably carries a 1769 Brown Bess flintlock musket, right? Surely not a police style sidearm?



I'm not sure what the reporter who authored the article thinks "semiautomatic" means, but this is a "semiautomatic gun":



(Smith & Wesson 3913 LadySmith)



BTW, when we lived in Florida, there was a guy who had somehow obtained a blue light like unmarked police cars use, and would pull over unsuspecting women at night in isolated areas, pull them out of the car, and rape them. Our local law enforcement tried to get the word out that you do NOT have to stop in an isolated area if you are unsure whether the stop is legitimate; you can put on your hazards or whatever and drive to a safer area to pull over, and you cannot be charged with illegal evading under those circumstances.

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30. Here comes round 2

In 1... 2... 3... 4...


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32. Somethings missing from the equation though.

I can't quite put my finger on it.

[LincolnMcGrath]

33. lol

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

34. Dudes like this are often serial killer/rapist types. I see from the

article that the cops pulled over were men, but still... I'd think a thorough search of the dude's property, vehicles, etc. would be in order.