US Edition‘Google My Name’: Fired Florida Officer Accused of Using Old Badge to Impersonate Police
Paul Fluty falsely claimed federal authority while impersonating an officer, with investigators linking him to a private insurance probe, officials said he posted $2,000 bail.
- On Monday, Volusia County deputies arrested Paul Fluty, 39, in Deltona after a call about a man parked in a driveway and took him to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
- Detectives say Fluty was fired from the Miami-Dade Police Department earlier this year and is not part of any federal task force, though he told deputies he worked with the U.S. Marshals Service.
- Deputies say Fluty showed them a badge and a photo of his credentials and said the missing girl was not officially entered but he was tracking her cellphone location.
- Charged with impersonating a police officer, Fluty was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on one count and posted his $2,000 bail Tuesday afternoon.
- Documentation gathered during the investigation suggests he is a private investigator involved in an insurance investigation, while earlier coverage noted he was named officer of the year by the Miami-Dade Police Department.
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'Google my name': Fired Florida officer accused of using old badge to impersonate police
DELTONA, Fla. (WFLA) — An ex-officer who was fired from the Miami-Dade Police Department was arrested this week after he tried to use his old badge and credentials to impersonate an officer. Volusia County deputies said they encountered Paul Fluty, 39, in Deltona after they were alerted to a man parked in a driveway looking for a little girl. Fluty told deputies he was a Miami-Dade police officer working with the U.S. Marshals to find a missing …
Video allegedly shows fired Miami-Dade cop using old badge to impersonate police in Volusia County
Paul Fluty, 39, was stopped this week by Volusia County deputies on Shepherd Avenue in Deltona after they were called for a man parked in a driveway looking for a little girl, according to NBC affiliate WFLA.
A former Miami-Dade officer, dismissed from the department, was arrested in Volusia County after authorities claimed that he tried to use his old badge to impersonate a police officer. Paul Fluty, 39, was arrested this week by Volusia County agents on Shepherd Avenue, Deltona, after receiving a call from a man stationed at an entrance looking for a young girl, according to WFLA, affiliated with NBC. A video from the body camera shared by the Vol…
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