Fake Chicago Cop Makes Mistakes, Messes With Real Off-Duty Cops

Want to pretend to be a cop? Best to do that in the privacy of your own home (or at one of those "Pretend to Be a Cop" clubs everyone is talking about) because you never know who you might accidentally come in contact with during your, uh, "game." Maybe two REAL cops? here's more from the Chicago Sun Times:

Juan Quintero, 25, of the 4600 block of North Monticello Avenue, was charged with impersonating a police officer, a felony, and aggravated assault for pointing a phony gun at the officers, according to police. About midnight, Quintero, who was not wearing a police uniform but had a “dimestore badge’’ or phony star around his neck allegedly approached a man and a woman -- who are off-duty Chicago Police officers -- who walked to a vehicle and then got inside it near the intersection of North Leavitt Street and West Lawrence Avenue, police said.

For an unknown reason, Quintero allegedly yelled at them and threatened them, saying, “You guys have to get out of here.’’ When the officers asked who he was, Quintero allegedly said, “I am the Chicago Police, now get out of here,’’ and he allegedly pulled out a plastic toy gun that in the dark looked like a real semi automatic handgun, police said.

Quintero fled the scene when he saw the officers had real guns, but was picked up a little while later. My guess is they had some fun with him at the police station.