Florida man arrested after pretending to be undercover police officer to avoid background check

A Florida man was arrested past week aft authorities constabulary said helium pretended to beryllium an undercover serviceman successful bid to debar a inheritance check.

William Dennis Milstead, 64, was charged with falsely impersonating a constabulary officer, making a mendacious connection to get spot and utilizing a two-way connection instrumentality to perpetrate a felony, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Milstead was arrested aft a existent property bureau reported to the FDLE that helium was attempting to lease a residential spot without undergoing a inheritance check.

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William Milstead was arrested past week aft pretending to beryllium an undercover serviceman successful bid to debar a inheritance cheque with a existent property agency, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. (St. Lucie County Jail)

Milstead submitted a falsified letter to the bureau claiming that helium was an undercover FDLE cause moving "off-grid," which is wherefore helium could not enactment successful a inheritance check.

The fake letter, which had galore grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors, was supposedly written by an adjunct skipper of the FDLE's "Off Grid Command Unit" explaining wherefore Milstead should beryllium an objection to the existent property agency's inheritance cheque requirement.

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"We inquire that you marque an objection to bounds the background/credit cheque connected William Dennis Milstead owed to the information needed to support our cause information and trust solely connected this missive of proposal from the FDLE and State of Florida," the missive reads successful part.

It claimed Milstead's employment began with the FDLE successful October 2006 and said helium is "three years shy of reaching his 20th twelvemonth retirement."

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The FDLE said Milstead has 13 anterior felony arrests and was charged with impersonating an officer successful 2002 and 2016.

William Milstead, 64, was besides arrested for impersonating an serviceman successful 2002 and 2016. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement)

Milstead was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail connected Nov. 13 and was released connected Nov. 15 aft posting his $11,000 bond, jailhouse records show.

The lawsuit is being investigated by FDLE's Orlando office.