<p>Police in Boynton Beach, Florida, arrested a man on Wednesday, March 21, for impersonating a US marshal, after he said he was not a member of law enforcement but was a limo driver.</p><p>Police released body camera footage of police interacting with John O’Grady, 61, before arresting him. He can be heard telling police his gun is fake and that he is not a federal marshal. “Congratulations, you just impersonated a police officer,” one of the officers says. “That’s a federal offense.”</p><p>Police then examine a badge O’Grady is carrying on his hip. When an officer asks him why he’s carrying the gun, O’Grady says he’s a limousine driver. He also tells officers he didn’t know it was illegal to carry a fake US marshal badge.</p><p>Police said in a press release</a> officers were called to Best Buy because the suspect had been observed shoplifting an iPhone X several days earlier. Police asked O’Grady if he was a member of law enforcement after they observed his US marshal lapel pin, leading to the body camera footage released.</p><p>Officers also searched O’Grady’s vehicle, where they found an iPhone X, police said.</p><p>O’Grady was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and retail theft (grand). Credit: Boynton Beach Police Department via Storyful</p><br />
