Man arrested for impersonating officer, other charges

Published August 14, 2008 at 7:47 pm by Chris Giganti.

Filed in: News, Crime, weapons, police, North Charleston, impersonating officer, drugs, Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, arrest. References: The Post and Courier.

Man arrested for impersonating officer, other charges

William Howard Taft (no, not the president …) was allegedly buying drugs recently when he told North Charleston police he was a Berkeley County sheriff’s deputy. This, apparently, wasn’t entirely true, and Taft was arrested and charged with impersonating an officer, weapons possession, and drug paraphernalia.

The Post and Courier has a report up on the incident:

Taft, the driver, claimed to be a Berkeley County sheriff’s deputy, but Berkeley County officials said that wasn’t true. Taft said he’d known Coardes for several months and was giving him a ride home. Coardes told officers Taft bought narcotics and the two were going to inject the drugs.

Taft even had a badge to try and convince authorities of his law enforcement position, according to authorities. No report on what the badge actually was, though, unfortunately. Maybe it was a McGruff badge from D.A.R.E.? That one fools me every time …