A guy was billed for impersonating a Migration and Traditions Enforcement policeman in Washington state, according to authorities.
Ilya Kukhar, 26, was billed on Thursday for posing an ICE policeman after he supposedly drove a lorry that “presented popular symbols with big letters meaning ‘I.C.E’ together with a pseudo-seal of the united state Division of Homeland Protection,” the Fife Authorities Division stated in a declaration on Thursday.
At roughly 5 p.m. on March 16, authorities replied to a 911 phone call of a “dubious automobile at the Emish Market,” a Ukrainian supermarket in Fife, Washington, authorities stated.
A guy was jailed in Washington for impersonating an ICE policeman, according to the Fife Authorities Division.
Fife Authorities Division
The automobile, which had no certificate plates, was recognized as a black 2019 Ford SUV and was later on verified to be a previous police car for the Tukwila Authorities Division, authorities stated.
The existence of the automobile “showed up deliberate, targeting a Ukrainian supermarket” which showed a “intentional initiative to frighten and accentuate itself,” authorities stated.
Witnesses informed authorities that the “resident( s)” of the automobile were “videotaping workers and consumers on video clip, creating alarm system and problem,” authorities stated.
As soon as authorities showed up on the scene, the automobile left, authorities stated.
The Division of Homeland Safety and security later on verified that the automobile was not a main DHS system, leading the authorities– in sychronisation with the FBI and Homeland Safety and security Investigations Seattle area workplaces– to check out this event, authorities stated.
In reaction to a publication published by the Fife Authorities Division, authorities in Tukwila “recognized the automobile as one of their previous police car,” authorities stated.
Formerly, it had actually been “gotten rid of from their fleet after being associated with an accident,” authorities stated. Once it was no more in solution with the City of Tukwila, an insurer offered it to an exclusive purchaser, authorities stated.
After “many suggestions” and the support of Tukwila Authorities, the “key suspect in this instance” was recognized as Kukhar, authorities stated. Authorities have actually not stated if there are various other suspects entailed.
Kukhar, that is “not used by any type of government police,” has actually been billed with one matter of Wrongdoer Acting in the 2nd Level.
He is presently not in authorities custodianship and his first accusation is set up for April 11, authorities stated.
