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Briefs
Prank leads to charge of impersonating officer
By Times Staff Writer
Published August 10, 2005
TAMPA - Marvin Williams thought it would be funny to put a blue-and-red flashing light on the dashboard of his friend's car and pretend to pull over another motorist, police said.
But the joke backfired Sunday night when Williams picked a car carrying two undercover Tampa cops.
It didn't help much when he laughed about it as he drove by. Then, when police followed him, the 22-year-old Williams ran from the vehicle, officials say.
He left behind two female friends who were riding with him, and 7 grams of cocaine on the center console, police said. The officers caught up, caught him and found the drugs.
Williams was charged with cocaine possession, impersonating a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Officers also charged a woman riding in the front seat with cocaine possession.
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