PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix man was arrested after police say he pretended to be a federal agent while trying to detain someone earlier this month.
Around 8 p.m. on Friday, July 11, Phoenix police responded to the area of 25th and Dunlap avenues after a Valley Metro light rail employee called to report that a man, later identified as 52-year-old Jose Ruben Herrera, Jr., was accosting one of their security guards.
According to court documents, Herrera was claiming to be an undercover federal agent with Border Patrol and ICE while grabbing hold of the Valley Metro security guard’s wrist. He was reportedly trying to detain the security guard for “impeding his investigation,” but refused to show a badge or other credentials…