IMPD arrests man for impersonating officer for second time this year
Oct 29, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS IMPD has arrested a man for impersonating a police officer for the second time this year. On Friday, a detective with IMPD was alerted to a person with an active Hancock County warrant for unlawfully carrying a handgun. The suspect, identified as Jonathan Baker, was located in the 1300 block of E. Washington St. He was observed by police getting in and out of a white pickup truck with red and white lights activated, and stopping traffic multiple times. Baker was also wearing a reflective shirt and a belt equipped with a radio and handgun. Police arrested Baker for unlawfully carrying a handgun and impersonation of a public servant. Baker was already under indictment for impersonating a police officer from a September 2023 incident, when he unlawfully conducted a traffic stop on an IMPD sergeant who was in an unmarked vehicle.