From Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY–A man who allegedly impersonated a law enforcement officer and conducted traffic stops near Trussville was arrested today, according to ALEA Sergeant Jeremy Burkett.
The suspect has been identified as John Milhorn, 72, of Springville.
On Tuesday, troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division and special agents within ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation received a report of a man impersonating a law enforcement officer and launched an investigation.
According to a public Facebook post, a woman encountered the man posing as an officer Tuesday morning on I-59 near Trussville.
The man who pulled her over was driving a silver four-door truck with a K-9 sticker on the back window and was flashing white and yellow colored lights.
He got out of the truck wearing normal clothes and told her that he was an off-duty Alabama state trooper.
When she questioned why he did not have red and blue lights, the man told her to get out of her car so he could show her the back of his truck, which he said had red and blue lights.
According to the post, the woman refused and the man said he would give her a verbal warning for “reckless driving and speeding.”
Afterward, the woman reported her experience to law enforcement.
Milhorn has been officially charged with impersonating a peace officer and was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a $100,000 bond.