Pill-stealing fake drug cop arrested in Cleveland

Conley Day
Conley Day

A man who police say posed as a member of the 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force in order to steal narcotics has been arrested, Bradley County authorities say.

photo Conley Day

Charges were filed in General Sessions Court against Conley James Thomas Day, 21, alleging that at two locations he falsely identified himself as an agent of the 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force, according to a joint release from the Bradley Sheriff's Office and Cleveland Police Department.

The release said Day went to a home on Hiwassee Avenue on Aug. 23 to conduct "a pill count" while brandishing a badge and a weapon.

The woman in the home told police her wrists were secured with zip ties while the intruder searched her home for prescription medications. She said he took more than 120 pills, then drove off.

On Tuesday, a couple reported to the sheriff's office that a man who claimed to be law enforcement and to have a search warrant went through a couple's medication bottles in their home on Lowery Street. The victims told him they had depleted their most recent prescriptions and he left.

Investigators eventually identified Day, of Northwest 19th Street, as a possible suspect. He has been charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, theft under $500 and criminal impersonation of a police officer.

Day is being held in the Bradley County Jail in lieu of bond pending his next appearance in court.

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