It would have worked if he lined his pea coat with more tinfoil, but sadly the office had a fringed flag which foiled his plans.

Man Serving Fake Arrest Warrant Calls Police For Backup


POSTED: 4:00 p.m. EDT October 11, 2005
UPDATED: 5:26 p.m. EDT October 11, 2005


Story by wftv.com

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando man was charged with pretending to be a Merchant Marine and faking an arrest warrant. When his plan didn't work, he called police for backup.

Employees said, when Bryan Perley walked into their office on Monday, he told them he was a Merchant Marine captain acting as a magistrate and he had a warrant to serve. The employee he was looking for had the day off.

Perley didn't have anything to say to Channel 9 on Tuesday, but police said they heard plenty on Monday when Perley called them to West Robinson Street for help in serving a phony warrant.

"How can I help you?" the 9-1-1 dispatcher asked Perley when he called.

"Yes, I'm a Merchant Marine captain. I have an arrest warrant for an obstruction of justice, uh, going against a state of Florida representative," Perley told the dispatcher.

Investigators said the woman Perley was trying to arrest worked a child support case that Perley was involved in more than 10 years ago.

"Is the person in custody or giving you a hard time?" the dispatcher asked.

"No, not yet. They don't understand the chain of command in government. I've warned them today. They've been totally unresponsive," Perley said.

When the woman's coworkers asked for ID, they became suspicious and called Orlando police. Officer Ronald Satallante responded.

"He had ID on him. He had a passport. It appeared to be fictitious as well," Satallante said.

Officers couldn't get a straight answer as to what Perley intended to do if he was successful in serving his handwritten warrant, nor can they say if he believed his own elaborate story.

Perly was charged with seven felonies and given a $10,000 bond. If he's able to make bond, he will be on home confinement and have to wear an ankle monitor.

In related news, Assualt web is one again recruiting for moderator in the legal, boating, and militia forums.

Piccolo?

That's one of those occasions in police work where you just want to go "HUH?"

The Merchant Marine.  

The Delta Force of law enforcement.

SO? When I sail into international waters in my boat I instantly become "Uber capitan der Zeeboot" I have total authority to throw anyone off the side i dont like. I take down the US flag then raise my own flag.  Vive T-stoxia! My boat is my country and i empower myself with all Presidential law enforcement and Agricultural power in perpituity. I have the right to issue warrants as well.

What a f$cktard.............where do they find these people lol.............I don't even know what the Merchant Marine does - but its not law enforcement of any nature.....

Quoted: SO? When I sail into international waters in my boat I instantly become "Uber capitan der Zeeboot" I have total authority to throw anyone off the side i dont like. I take down the US flag then raise my own flag.  Vive T-stoxia! My boat is my country and i empower myself with all Presidential law enforcement and Agricultural power in perpituity. I have the right to issue warrants as well.

No - you are just "Assimilated to Stateless" then............making you fair game for just about anyone.