HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - An Alabama man is behind bars in Hattiesburg after allegedly impersonating a police officer.
WDAM-TV reports 21-year-old Joshua Hernandez, of Birmingham, was arrested Wednesday by the Mississippi Highway Patrol along Interstate 59 near Hattiesburg.
MHP officials say Hernandez allegedly flashed a badge to a woman and tried to pull her over. The driver called into MHP and a trooper caught up with Hernandez's car and determined he was not a law enforcement officer.
Officials say he didn't use any blue lights, but showed the badge and was flashing his lights in what stemmed from a possible road rage incident.
Hernandez was taken to the Forrest County Jail and charged with one count of impersonating a police officer.