Rogers Man Arrested for Impersonating Police Officer
By: Amanda Ashley, KNWA
Updated: December 13, 2012
Police arrested a Rogers man they say had been posing as an officer.
Officers arrested 24-year-old Travis Lee Blake France, of Rogers on Wednesday for first-degree criminal impersonation.
Detectives began an investigation after two employees at Kum & Go on 1701 West New Hope Road reported that a man had been coming into the store and identifying himself as a cop.
Employees at a second Kum & Go on 2400 West Hudson Road told police the man had also been in their store stating he was a law enforcement officer and showing them a badge.
Police found a Gentry police badge, a light bar and siren in France's car.
The employees told police they didn't believe he was actually a police officer.
France has an additional charge of emergency lights and sirens -prohibited person, a class A misdemeanor.
He is being held at the Benton County Sheriff's Office awaiting a bond hearing.
The investigation is ongoing.
Officers arrested 24-year-old Travis Lee Blake France, of Rogers on Wednesday for first-degree criminal impersonation.
Detectives began an investigation after two employees at Kum & Go on 1701 West New Hope Road reported that a man had been coming into the store and identifying himself as a cop.
Employees at a second Kum & Go on 2400 West Hudson Road told police the man had also been in their store stating he was a law enforcement officer and showing them a badge.
Police found a Gentry police badge, a light bar and siren in France's car.
The employees told police they didn't believe he was actually a police officer.
France has an additional charge of emergency lights and sirens -prohibited person, a class A misdemeanor.
He is being held at the Benton County Sheriff's Office awaiting a bond hearing.
The investigation is ongoing.
