A 20-year-old Spokane man was arrested in Ellensburg after allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer.
The arrest followed multiple 911 calls on July 3, 2026, reporting a black Ford Explorer with emergency lights and police-style equipment. Callers suspected the driver, and potentially the driver of a second black SUV traveling with it, were impersonating law enforcement officers while pulling over vehicles on westbound I-90 in Grant County while heading toward Kittitas County.
Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office deputies later found and seized a black Ford Explorer matching the callers’ descriptions in Ellensburg and arrested its driver, a 20-year-old Spokane man, on suspicion of Criminal Impersonation…