A rideshare driver was arrested during a Central Florida traffic stop, with customers in the back seat of his car. The driver for the ride-sharing service Uber was arrested during a traffic stop by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, after the driver tried to pass himself off as a law enforcement officer.
The driver, 49-year-old John Edouard Gerlus, of Orlando, was subsequently taken to the Sheriff’s Processing Center and charged with Impersonating a LEO and Resisting without Violence.
According to local law enforcement, a deputy noticed Gerlus’ 2016 Honda Crosstour failing to stop for a traffic light, and a traffic stop was conducted on Lakeland Hills Boulevard (SR 33) at Bridgewater Center Lane in Lakeland…