Look-alike patrol cars causing confusion for South Florida drivers, but are they legal?
State Troopers stop the driver of a Dodge Charger wrapped to imitate a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle. Now the driver is facing misdemeanor charges.
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State Troopers stop the driver of a Dodge Charger wrapped to imitate a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle. Now the driver is facing misdemeanor charges.
At a car wrap business, she asked for the car to be “black and tan because she had previously seen FHP's marked patrol units and fell in love with the color scheme," troopers said.
The owner of a security company asked a car wrapping business to design a new company car in black and tan like Florida Highway Patrol cars. She was arrested.
A businesswoman faced the harsh reality that pretending to be a state trooper is not taken lightly by law enforcement officials.
Iulia Pugachev of Hollywood was charged with imitating a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle's colors, failing to register a vehicle and misusing a dealer license plate on her Dodge Charger, officials said.