Man ran fake DUI checkpoint
while drunk: cops
SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Police say
a man who set up a drunken-driving checkpoint complete with road flares while
pretending to be a Pennsylvania state trooper was drunk.
Troopers say 19-year-old Logan
Shaulis, of Somerset, parked his vehicle diagonally across state Route 601 and
set up road flares at about 4 a.m. Saturday.
A motorist who stopped says
Shaulis claimed he was a trooper and demanded to see a driver’s license,
registration and insurance papers.
When real troopers arrived,
police say Shaulis tried to hand a BB pistol to the car’s passenger and said,
“I can’t get caught with this.”
He faces charges including
drunken driving, impersonating a public servant and unlawful restraint. He
remained jailed Tuesday. Online court records don’t list an attorney for him.
A preliminary hearing is set
for June 9.
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