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By Doha Madani and Joe Studley
A Florida man was arrested on Tuesday in the Tampa Bay area after police said he detained an undercover detective while pretending to be an officer.
Matthew Joseph Erris, 26, was in his 2007 Chevrolet White Trailblazer when he allegedly lit red and blue lights to stop another driver, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
This other driver was a sheriff's undercover detective, who then called the 911 dispatcher to report an unusual road check. The detective monitored the Erris vehicle until the sheriff's deputies could answer.
When MPs searched the Trailblazer, they found an airsoft gun in a holster that looked like a gun and found that Erris' vehicle had a light bar installed at the top of the SUV.
Erris was charged with the theft of an officer's identity and released Thursday on a $ 2,000 bond, according to an arrest report.
The sheriff's department has asked anyone who may have been a victim of Erris to contact their office.
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