Ohio Man Allegedly Posed as CIA, FBI, and DEA in Single Traffic Stop

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A man pulled over by police last week in Brook Park, Ohio, claimed to be, variously, a CIA officer, FBI agent, DEA agent, and a U.S. Treasury agent. The bizarre roadside interaction ended with his arrest on charges of impersonating a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court. The incident unfolded shortly after 10 p.m. on May 8, when Gregory Candea allegedly activated a set of blue police lights in his Ford F350 prior to making an illegal left turn.

Interest piqued, Sgt. Harold Duncan of the Brook Park PD stopped the truck and asked for Candea’s license. “Candea advised Sergeant Duncan that he was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Agent working undercover,” says the complaint. “Sergeant Duncan asked for Candea’s CIA credentials, to which Candea, who was wearing a t-shirt bearing the CIA emblem on his left breast, instead produced a badge bearing the name Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), explaining he also works for the FBI.” Duncan then spotted a pair of handcuffs inside the vehicle, along with a Drug Enforcement Administration badge. After another officer arrived at the scene, Candea said he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department.

It turned out Candea worked for none of the four federal agencies he claimed to be a part of, but he did have multiple warrants out for his arrest, the complaint states. When cops asked Candea why he never showed up for his court cases, Candea allegedly responded, “I never go to court, I have too much authority in the United States.”

A search of Candea’s car turned up a stun gun and paperwork associated with the purchase of numerous firearms and boxes of ammunition. He does not have a lawyer listed in court records.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gregory-candea-of-ohio-arrested-for-posing-as-cia-fbi-dea-and-treasury-agent-in-single-traffic-stop

[Silent3]

1. So when does he get his new show on OAN? n/t

[zuul]

11. And when does he announce that he's running for congress as a GQP candidate? n/t

[marble falls]

2. Brook Park is Brookpark.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Brook Park is Brook Park

[marble falls]

13. So you're not from Cleveland? Everybody calls it Brookpark including Brookpark buisnesses ...

... the main street through town is called Brookpark on the street signs.

Brookpark Skateland Inc
http://brookparkskateland.com/


Brookpark Smokes & Beverages
https://www.yelp.com/biz/brookpark-smokes-and-beverages-brookpark











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Most people living in Brook Park claim to be in Brookpark and 90% of the rest of Cuyahoga county think it's Brookpark.

[EYESORE 9001]

15. I once lived very close by

I’m among the hardheaded 10% who didn’t know any better.

[marble falls]

16. That makes you like me - hardheaded and a natural Clevelander for it. Where'd you end up?

[EYESORE 9001]

18. I'm not a native, but I've lived in several places in NE Ohio

I’m now at the junction of Amish country and the farthest limit of the Cleveland megalopolis. Here I will remain.

[marble falls]

19. Towards Sandusky? We drove back to Ohio and came across on 224. I was surprised how many ...

... Amish farms we passed going towards Akron. There's an older but significant population is in southern Ohio below Canton.

[EYESORE 9001]

21. There's a large Amish community to the east as well

centered around Geauga County.

[marble falls]

22. That's totally new to me. I'm glad there's still small hold farms left ...

Of course what I remember best from Geauga county is Geauga Lake Park and the Dali Museum - both of which have been gone for decades.

[Demovictory9]

4. not ATF?

[RockRaven]

5. Does he get charged with a different count for each agency, or just one for the one convo?

[NBachers]

6. "I have too much authority in the United States." I gotta remember that one.

Sure to get me out of the next jam I’m in.

[world wide wally]

7. Schizophrenics are never alone

[H2O Man]

10. ????

[marble falls]

17. One manifestation, one vote.

[hunter]

8. Someone like that might have been mostly harmless without the weapons and government agencies.

He'd have fared better under the protection of a sparkly unicorn. Those sparkly unicorns are powerful beasts, make the scariest CIA assassins tremble.

Unfortunately, here in the U.S.A., prisons are almost exclusively the places where these sorts of mental illnesses are treated.

[getagrip_already]

12. wonder if they will bond him out?

I mean, hey, he has a lot of responsibility.

[magicarpet]

14. He must rack up a lot of overtime with three full-time government jobs.

[Progressive Jones]

20. Four! Four full-time government law enforcement jobs! A crime fighting dynamo! nt