Authorities looking for Cape police impersonator

The Bourne Police released a sketch of the suspect.

By Globe Staff

Police in a Cape Cod town are looking for a man who pretended to be a police officer and stopped a teenage girl’s car late last month, then asked her if she would kiss him and go for a ride.

The 17-year-old high school student was driving on Route 28A in Bourne at about 5:15 p.m. on March 31 when the car, which displayed red and blue lights, stopped her, said Bourne Police Chief Earl Baldwin.

The girl gave the man her license and registration. Then he said that she could avoid the ticket if she kissed him and went for a ride with him, Baldwin said.

She said she would rather get the ticket. She left the scene -- and two days later reported the incident to police. A police sketch shows the suspect in sunglasses, wearing a round hat like those worn by state troopers.

Baldwin said police have an "active investigation" underway that has looked at possible suspects and is tracing down old police cruisers.

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