Man impersonating as officer forces way into Orlando hotel room, robs woman at gunpoint: police

A antheral wearing a fake badge forced his mode into a woman’s edifice country in Orlando, Florida and robbed her astatine gunpoint, constabulary said.

According to a merchandise from the Orlando Police Department, authorities were called to a edifice on a engaged agelong successful the Sunshine State filled with abrogation resorts connected Aug. 23.

A pistillate told constabulary that an chartless man, wearing a "badge" astir his neck, claimed to beryllium a constabulary serviceman and forced introduction into her room. The unfortunate told constabulary that the fishy restrained her successful handcuffs and stole her wallet portion displaying what appeared to beryllium a handgun successful his waistband.

The woman's relationship was corroborated by surveillance footage from the hotel, which showed the fishy accomplishment connected the edifice level and a closeup of his fake badge.

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Michael Darren Jesse Rodriguez was seen astatine an Orlando edifice connected surveillance video. (Orlando Police Department)

Using the surveillance footage, police identified 27-year-old Michael Darren Jesse Rodriguez arsenic the suspect.

Authorities said that this was not Rodriguez's archetypal stunt, with the 27-year-old performing akin robberies astatine a Days Inn successful Miami Springs and successful Lantana, Florida.

The alleged badge that Michael Darren Jesse Rodriguez allegedly utilized to impersonate a constabulary officer. (Orlando Police Department)

Michael Darren Jesse Rodriguez allegedly utilized a handgun and handcuffs to rob a pistillate astatine an Orlando resort. (Orlando Police Department)

On Sept. 8, 2024, the Gwinnett County Police Department successful Georgia apprehended Rodriguez portion driving the aforesaid conveyance connected to the Orlando and Lantana incidents. 

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Detectives successful Orlando traveled to Georgia to hunt the suspect's vehicles, and they recovered a fake constabulary badge, handcuffs, and further evidence related to some cases.

Michael Darren Jesse Rodriguez faces charges including falsely impersonating an serviceman to perpetrate a felony with a weapon, mendacious imprisonment with a weapon, and robbery with a firearm. (Orlando Police Department)

Orlando constabulary obtained an apprehension warrant for Rodriguez, and helium was arrested connected Oct. 2.

Rodriguez was charged with falsely impersonating an serviceman to perpetrate a felony with a weapon, mendacious imprisonment with a weapon, and robbery with a firearm.

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Orlando constabulary urged immoderate different imaginable victims of Rodriguez to interaction instrumentality enforcement astatine 800-423-TIPS (8477).

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Orlando Police Department for comment.