Ex-Richmond officer accused of impersonating officer by pulling over off-duty cop
A former Richmond police officer has been arrested and charged with impersonating a law-enforcement officer when he allegedly pulled over an off-duty cop in December.
Henrico County Police Lt. Doug Barker said Philip Flournoy, 35, of Cottontree Court in Ashland was arrested Wednesday.
Barker said at the time of the incident Henrico authorities received a call from an off-duty police officer who said that a truck was tailgating her on Gaskins Road. The off-duty police officer pulled over and Flournoy then identified himself as a police officer.
Flournoy had been employed by the Richmond police department from 1997 to 2005.
"This was 2008 and he was still saying he was a police officer," Barker said.
The suspect had a strong alcohol odor, according to the off-duty police officer, Barker said.
Flournoy is in jail, he said. A trial date has been set for Oct. 28.
-- Juan Antonio Lizama
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If the accusations are true and the suspect is found guilty he does not need prison time, a $10,000 fine would make him remember next time and he would not cost the state to house him.
This has got to be one of the weirdest stories of 2009. A former cop gets accused of impersonating a cop while pulling over another cop. You can’t make this stuff up.
I cannot decide if media is manipulated by inaccurate info provided to them or they are just sensational. But so much of what is written is not accurate and spun. It is sad.
steelerfan- errr, wrong! The grand jury does hear any case the Commonwealth’s Attorney wants to send it. Many times that’s how initial misdemeanor charges get upgraded to a felony.
Another though- perhaps the guy, upon realize he’d stopped an off-duty cop, jumped back in his car and fled. The cop may have had a description and vehicle information, but maybe the guy didn’t go back home, maybe he was on the run for a while, and the real police had to track him down. I’m really amazed that people think crimes are solved and prosecuted instantly and Jerry Orbach is going to come out of the shadows, call the “perp” some names, and throw in a little whitty catch phrase.
He should have been tested and possibly arrested at the time of the incident, when he was tailgating the off-duty officer and reeked of alcohol.
I really should stop reading these comments….because, I am going to go insane. STEELERFAN…1st, WHAT? 2nd, I am not 100%, but I believe this is a Felony, 3rd, It does not matter even if it is not a Felony, the Grand Jury can hear any case that the CA’s office wants them too, regardless of it being a Misdemeanor or Felony, 4th, It does not matter that they meet every month, it could take several months to get to the Grand Jury, and several more months after the defendant stalls the case. 5th, hmm, maybe that’s it. I believe OBSERVER is not the one getting their legal knowledge from TV.
Steelerfan, good guess. But I only watched CSI because the NCIS marathon was over.
What can I say, I suppose only part of the information I had about the case was correct.
Observer, been watching CSI have you? 1st the grand jury convenes every month, 2nd the grand jury does not hear misdemeanor cases.
How did he pass the psych test without them detecting psychological disorders.
Something is wrong and it’s far beyond alcohol.
Aaron, how in the——could they arrest him for DUI? Arrest him for DUI 4 days later when they found out who he was?
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