Matt Molnar
2009-03-01, 12:48 PM
Miami Herald:
Police: Traveler got on Miami plane using fake badge (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/922872.html)
BY DAVID OVALLE
[email protected]
Carrying a ''Fisher Island Chief of Police'' badge and claiming he was a U.S. air marshal, Mark Rimkufski convinced Miami airline employees to allow him on a flight after the gate had closed, police said.
The ruse landed him in jail, Miami-Dade police said, when he was confronted -- by real air marshals on the plane.
Rimkufski, 49, was later charged with falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer. He was scheduled to appear in Miami-Dade court Thursday but did not because he was hospitalized for unspecified reasons.
There is no Fisher Island police department. [Full Article (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/922872.html)]
Police: Traveler got on Miami plane using fake badge (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/922872.html)
BY DAVID OVALLE
[email protected]
Carrying a ''Fisher Island Chief of Police'' badge and claiming he was a U.S. air marshal, Mark Rimkufski convinced Miami airline employees to allow him on a flight after the gate had closed, police said.
The ruse landed him in jail, Miami-Dade police said, when he was confronted -- by real air marshals on the plane.
Rimkufski, 49, was later charged with falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer. He was scheduled to appear in Miami-Dade court Thursday but did not because he was hospitalized for unspecified reasons.
There is no Fisher Island police department. [Full Article (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/922872.html)]