Crime & Safety

Updated: Man Impersonates FBI Agent in Attempt to Get Out of Parking Ticket

Alexandria man arrested and cited with brandishing a handgun, impersonating a law enforcement officer and driving on a suspended license.

10:15 a.m. Monday update — Scott Gordon, a former candidate for Alexandria City Council and School Board, has been identified as the man accused of impersonating an FBI agent, according to the Alexandria Times.

Gordon dropped out of the race for school board in July 2012 after Patch revealed the he lied about holding a doctorate in industrial and organization psychology on a questionnaire he filled out for the Alexandria Political Action Committee for Education. 

He had previously been a Republican candidate for council, but dropped out of the race because of a family illness issue. 

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An Alexandria man was arrested Sept. 19 in Old Town after he pretended to be an FBI agent and showed a handgun in an attempt to get out of a parking ticket.

Find out what's happening in Old Town Alexandriawith free, real-time updates from Patch.

The man approached an Alexandria parking enforcement officer who was issuing his vehicle a citation around 11:30 a.m. in the 100 block of N. Pitt Street.

The man implied he was an FBI agent. When that didn’t impress the parking enforcement officer, the man took out a handgun.  

“He’s an open-carry guy, had his gun and began protesting the ticket,” Alexandria police spokesperson Ashley Hildebrandt said.

Hildebrandt said the man didn’t point his handgun at the officer, but took it out of its holster.

The man was arrested and cited with brandishing a handgun, impersonating a law enforcement officer and driving on a suspended license.


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