CLARKSTOWN, New York - If you are going to impersonate a
police officer, it might not be a good idea to pull over an off-duty state trooper. Shalom Gelbman, 22, was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal impersonation after he stopped a state trooper during his pretend cop act. With a strobe light on his dashboard and his high beams flashing, Gelbman pulled over a car on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Driving the vehicle was state Trooper Seamus Lyons, who arrested him after noticing Gelbman's license plate number and the equipment in his car. Gelbman was also given a ticket for driving without registration or insurance. He
was later released on $5,000 bail after being arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court.
police officer, it might not be a good idea to pull over an off-duty state trooper. Shalom Gelbman, 22, was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal impersonation after he stopped a state trooper during his pretend cop act. With a strobe light on his dashboard and his high beams flashing, Gelbman pulled over a car on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Driving the vehicle was state Trooper Seamus Lyons, who arrested him after noticing Gelbman's license plate number and the equipment in his car. Gelbman was also given a ticket for driving without registration or insurance. He
was later released on $5,000 bail after being arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court.