>> LOCAL STATION. 10 O’CLOCK NEWS. >> TONIGHT ON THE 10 O’CLOCK
NEWS, THE NEWS 4 JAX IT
LOOKING INTO A CRIME ALERT OUT
OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. STATE
TROOPERS ARE ASKING RESIDENTS
OF GLYNN AND CAMDEN COUNTY TO
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS MAN.
THIS MAN IS 55 YEAR-OLD
FREDERICK MARK HARRIS. HE’S
ACCUSED OF IMPERSONATING A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE.
>> HE MAY HAVE PULLED A RANDOM
PEOPLE OVER NEWS FOR JAX’S
LEARNED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME HE’S BEEN UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR
IMPERSONATING A POLICE
OFFICER. I TEAM REPORTER ERIK
HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO THE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PARISIEN
JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON
WHAT HE UNCOVERED. ERIC.
>> PER SE WAS ALREADY A
FUGITIVE WANTED BY AUTHORITIES
IN NEW WHEN HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY BY GEORGIA STATE
PATROL ON THAT FUGITIVE
WARREN. IT WAS A WAR. NOW
EARLIER TODAY, GEORGIA
AUTHORITIES SECURE MULTIPLE
WARRANTS AGAINST PER IN
CONNECTION TO ALLEGATIONS OF
IMPERSONATING A POLICE
OFFICER. WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY
THAT THE GBI AND THE FBI HAVE
BEEN ASKED TO HELP GEORGIA
STATE PATROL WITH THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
>> ACCORDING TO GEORGIA STATE
PATROL, 55 YEAR-OLD FREDERICK
PER SE WAS EMPLOYED AS A
SECURITY GUARD AT THE JEKYLL
ISLAND CLUB RESORT. HE
REPORTEDLY WALKED INTO A
GEORGIA STATE PATROL OFFICE
AND PRESENTED HIMSELF AS A
RETIRED IOWA STATE TROOPER
WITH MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE DURING
HIS VISIT, GSP BECAME AWARE OF
PER SE DRIVING A DARK COLORED
FORD EXPLORER WITH BLUE POLICE
LIGHTS. TROOPER SAY THEY
WARNED PER SE THAT IT WAS
ILLEGAL TO USE BLUE LIGHTS
WITHOUT A PERMIT. BUT DESPITE
THEIR WARNINGS, TROOPER SAY
PER SE STILL USE THE BLUE
LIGHTS AND WAS ASKED NOT TO
DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE
ISLAND.
>> GSP SAYS LAST WEEK THEY
STARTED RECEIVING COMPLAINTS
ABOUT A SUSPECTED POLICE
IMPERSONATOR WHO WAS PULLING
OVER CARS AND CAMDEN COUNTY.
THEY RAN PARISIANS NAME AND
DISCOVERED HE WAS A CONVICTED
FELON WITH OUTSTANDING
WARRANTS FOR ASSAULT AND FRAUD
IN NEW JERSEY.
>> THEY DUG DEEPER AND LEARNED
PER SE HAD A HISTORY OF BEING
UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
IMPERSONATING A POLICE
OFFICER. ACCORDING TO THEIR
FINDINGS, PER SE WAS
PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED IN NEW
JERSEY FOR IMPERSONATING A
U.S. SECRET SERVICE AGENT. HE
OBTAINED GENUINE SET OF SECRET
SERVICE CREDENTIALS TO MAKE A
FAKE SET FOR HIMSELF. HE WAS
CAUGHT WHEN HE TRIED TO USE
THE CREDENTIALS TO GET OUT OF
A TRAFFIC TICKET IN THE LATE
90’S. HE WAS CONVICTED FRONT
PERSON DATING A JERSEY CITY
POLICE OFFICER WHILE
REPOSSESSING A CAR A YEAR
PRIOR TO THAT CONVICTION, HE
WAS DISMISSED FROM THE PACEY
ACT, NEW JERSEY POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY
FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS AND
ALTHOUGH PER ALLEGEDLY TOLD
GPS HE WAS A RETIRED IOWA
STATE TROOPER. INVESTIGATORS
SAY THEY LEARNED HE WAS FIRED
WITHIN HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE
JOB NEWS. 4 JAX HAS ALSO
LEARNED THE CAMDEN COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A HISTORY
WITH PER SE.
>> HE CAME INTO OUR OFFICE AND
WATER WILL APPLY FOR A PERMIT
FOR A BLUE LIGHT. AND I’M SURE
YOU YOU CAN’T DO THAT. WE GET
IT. IT’S NOT THAT RE CAN’T. SO
HE WAS ALREADY IN HE’D ALREADY
BEEN I MEAN, THIS YEARS AFTER
HE ALSO CAME TO A AND SHE GO
AND PUT IN A JOB APPLICATION.
YOU KNOW, WE OF COURSE
REJECTED BECAUSE ARE, YOU
KNOW, PRETTY BUT OF CRIMINAL
HISTORY. COLONEL, TALK BY
LILLY SAYS THEY WERE ALREADY
AWARE OF PREVIOUS
INVESTIGATIONS INTO
IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER
WHEN THEY LEARNED ABOUT
ANOTHER PREVIOUS
INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS TIME
IN FLORIDA.
>> ACTUALLY, THERE’S ONE IN
PALM BEACH COUNTY A FEW YEARS
AGO JUST FOUND THAT TODAY IN
PALM BEACH COUNTY, PALM BEACH,
PALM BEACH GARDENS, POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> IN FLORIDA, HE WAS ACCUSED
OF THERE IMPARTIAL POLICE
OFFICER. CAPTAIN MARY BRUCE IS
ONE PEOPLE IN PERSON, 8 LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. IT MAKES
THE JOB OF HIS DEPUTIES THAT
MUCH HARDER, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THOSE DEPUTIES ARE TRYING TO
PULL PEOPLE OVER FOR
LEGITIMATE REASONS. THE
DEPUTIES HAVE A HARD ENOUGH
JOB ON A DAILY BASES WITHOUT
HAVING TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE.
>> AND WHAT AIDING THEIR
ACTIONS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHEN THEY’RE NOT LAW
ENFORCEMENT. IN ADDITION TO
THE CURRENT ASSAULT AND FRAUD
CHARGES IN NEW JERSEY PER SE
WILL ALSO FACE STATE CHARGES
IN GEORGIA THAT INCLUDE
IMPERSONATING AN OFFICER.
>> GIVING FALSE STATEMENTS TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT POSSESSION OF
A HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON
AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF BLUE
LIGHTS WILL OPERATING A
VEHICLE.
>> NOW INVESTIGATORS SAY IF
ANY GLENDORA, CAMDEN COUNTY
RESIDENT WATCHING THIS STORY
WAS PULLED OVER BY PER SE AND
CAN PROVIDE THE DATE AND TIME
THEY WERE PULLED OVER. THEY
ARE RECORD. THEY ARE. THEY
NEED TO CONTACT THE
AUTHORITIES AT THE NUMBER AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE WE HAVE ALSO
POSTED THOSE NUMBERS ON OUR
WEBSITE NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM.
ALSO IF AN UNMARKED VEHICLE
WAS TRYING TO PULL YOU OVER
AND YOU’RE NOT SURE IT’S
LEGIT, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL
9-1-1 STAY ON THE LINE WITH
THE OPERATOR 9-1-1, OPERATOR
SHOULD BE ABLE TO VERIFY IF
THAT VEHICLE BEHIND YOU IS AN
ACTUAL PATROL VEHICLE
REPORTING LIVE. ERIK AVANIER
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>> ERIC, YOU ALSO LEARNED THAT
PER SE IS ACCUSED OF
IMPERSONATING A PRIEST.
>> YEAH, WE LEARNED THAT ALSO.
SO WE FOUND THERE WAS A REPORT
IN HE IN-PERSON THE ALLEGEDLY
IMPERSONATED A PRIEST WHILE ON
THE PHONE WITH THE PROSECUTOR
OF THAT WAS WORKING A FRAUD
CASE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN.
WE ALSO FOUND THAT HE HAD MADE
STATEMENTS ABOUT BEING A FIRST
HELPING THOUSANDS OF A POLICE
UP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DURING
THE 9.11 EVENT WHICH TURNED