A New Jersey man was arrested last month after authorities say he impersonated a law enforcement officer by responding to an emergency call he had placed himself—using his wife’s marked Homeland Security vehicle while she was out of town.
Washington Township police encountered the suspect, 32-year-old Nicholas Cabral of Sewell, shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, when an officer was dispatched to conduct a property check at a home under construction. A caller had reported that the front door was open; investigators later identified Cabral as the person who made the call.
As an officer arrived on scene, Cabral allegedly pulled up in a marked Homeland Security vehicle with its emergency lights activated and traveling at a high rate of speed. According to a probable cause affidavit, he was dressed in plain clothes and, when questioned, identified himself as an officer with “Homeland.”…