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Joseph Hannah Allegedly Impersonated Cop And Urinated In Kid's Hat

Posted: 04/26/2012 12:06 pm

Joseph Hannah
Joseph Hannah, 34, is accused of impersonating an officer in Albuquerque.

A man pretending to be an undercover police officer harassed a group of teenagers and pulled over women to flirt with them, according to a New Mexico sheriff, according to KRQE.

Joseph Hannah, 32, allegedly had flashing lights on top of his Mustang when he stopped near an Albuquerque front yard where four teenagers played ball last night.

One of the teens said that Hannah yelled that he could shoot them, according to KOB. While brandishing a gun, he demanded a hat belonging to Scot Ingle, 15, and then urinated in it.

"He showed me a badge and a gun so I bought it," Ingle told KRQE. "He's got the gun and he tells me to give me your hat, so you know I take it off and give it to him and he just pees on my hat."

Driving with the white lights flashing on top of his car, Hannah also pulled over a woman. He told her he was an undercover narcotics officer, according to KOB, and said she was good-looking. KRQE said he pulled over a second woman and hit on her too.

Deputies from the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office caught Hannah, because his Mustang had the vanity license plate "PUNISHR."

He was charged with impersonating an officer and false imprisonment. Bond was set at $250,000, according to information on the sheriff's office website.

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MeggaWhat
Tax Mitt
11:12 PM on 07/01/2012
Thank god they caught him before he shot some teenage kid.
Like that Zimmerman guy did.
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dbrett480
09:40 PM on 05/16/2012
If you are going to commit crimes, why do it with a personalized license plate?
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separatingwheatfromchaff
05:29 PM on 05/04/2012
Typical cop,I wonder how they figured out he wasn't?
03:37 AM on 04/30/2012
Put him on a sex offenders list for exposing himself to kids while urinating on there hat.
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maxout22
11:40 AM on 04/28/2012
Could be worse I guess. He could have hit on the kids and peed on the woman.
09:27 PM on 04/27/2012
There are real cops in Albuquerque that do the same and worse.
07:54 PM on 04/27/2012
this guy is dumb enuff to be a real cop
11:58 AM on 04/27/2012
when you gotta go you gotta go
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acarioti
Al Carioti lives in Orlando, Flo
10:11 AM on 04/27/2012
Right. So now what? Do we defy a real under-cover officer because we are unsure of their credibility?
12:32 PM on 04/27/2012
Dont pull over for mustang flashing white lights, as only police officers use red and blue for such use. We, as humans, have to be smarter than the fools of the world trying to separate us from our reasoning skills.
06:54 PM on 04/26/2012
Its Randy off of Trailer Park Boys!
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BabyFister
Awesome-sauce
12:27 PM on 04/27/2012
A thousand times yes... if only he was shirtless.
03:38 AM on 04/30/2012
mustard tiger
05:56 PM on 04/26/2012
Hey, don't go too hard on this wanna-be cop. Probably from that Brewer clan. JAN CAN THANK HER LUCKY STARS, I WASN'T ON OBAMA'S SECURITY TEAM THE DAY SHE WAVED HER FINGER AT THE MAIN BOSS. but, back to this gentleman, they left out the part where he was showing the kid "T he Cat (if that's what they call it today) in the hat"
12:28 PM on 04/27/2012
Jan Brewer clan? Really? Politicizing a disturbed individuals mad rantings and insane behavior? Is that where we are at as a society? No wonder the world laughs at us and we are falling deeper into chaos! The guy needs to be Jailed and treated, in the hopes of one day being capable of living a semi-normal life, but no, instead lets blame another politician for one persons disregard for law and obvious lack of personal responsibility.

Good Job, Sport.
ItsGettingWeird
(or is it just me?)
08:26 PM on 05/02/2012
Jan Brewer sukks anyway.

Just sayin'
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redwingirish
10:30 PM on 05/24/2012
After 8 years of BUSHY-BOY and absolutley no prison time, maybe people figure "anything goes"!
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stayingsaneinthemadness
The sun's not yellow, it's chicken!!!
05:40 PM on 04/26/2012
Peed in a kids hat in front of the kid? No charges for public urination and indecent exposure? Rack it up, he's a weirdo.
CHUXKLES
Independently, non-dependent
05:17 PM on 04/26/2012
Just ordered a set of lights for my Volt....yo Obie...you listening?
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missyinSoCal
He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke
04:07 PM on 04/26/2012
Looks like a bloated Charlie Sheen.
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Forever Jung
I can't go on, I'll go on.
04:47 PM on 04/26/2012
You could have just said: "Charlie Sheen."
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rewith85man
Expressing Who I Am
04:58 PM on 04/26/2012
He is not even half as good as Charlie Sheen.

Not winning at all.
10:48 PM on 04/28/2012
But he does have a point, it does look like a bloated Charlie Sheen. =X
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sabresk8ter
Check all the facts first!
04:04 PM on 04/26/2012
Ever see "Worlds' Dumbest Criminals"? - he's the star!