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Grand jury indicts Royse City man for impersonating a Terrell Police Department undercover officer, DFW firefighter

Grand jury indicts Royse City man for impersonating a Terrell Police Department undercover officer, DFW firefighter

TERRELL, Texas — UPDATE [Jan. 11] — A Kaufman County grand jury returned an indictment for a man accused of impersonating a Terrell Police Department undercover officer.

TERRELL, Texas — UPDATE [Jan. 11] — A Kaufman County grand jury returned an indictment for a man accused of impersonating a Terrell Police Department undercover officer.

The indictment was handed down on Thursday for Dallas Foy Browning, now 21 years old, of Royse City, Texas. He remains jailed at the Kaufman County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

ORIGINAL [Nov. 9] — A Royse City, Texas, man has been arrested for impersonating a public servant, namely an undercover police officer with the Terrell Police Department and a DFW-area firefighter, and is being held on a $100,000 bond.

Anyone who has encountered this man, and he identified himself as a police officer, is encouraged to contact the Terrell Police Department at (469) 474-2700.

20-year-old Dallas Foy Browning of Royse City, Texas, was arrested Tuesday by the Royse City Police Department on the Terrell Police Department charge of impersonating a public servant.

“Terrell police first became aware of the offense last week, when a homeless man reported a contact days prior,” stated Terrell Police Department spokesperson A.D. Sansom. “He was stopped while walking, by [Browning], who was operating a vehicle. The vehicle, later determined to be a rental vehicle, was displaying both red and blue lights to the front at the time of the stop.”

Sansom says Browning verbally identified himself, to the homeless man, as an undercover officer with the Terrell Police Department.

“At the time of the offense, the victim didn’t think it odd and the suspect was helpful, even gave him a ride to a restaurant where again he verbally stated his ‘police officer’ employment status to the manager of the establishment,” he said. “In neither incident did he attempt to produce any credentials, nor were any requested.”

A description of the subject was provided and he was identified by a patrol division member as Browning.

Browning was initially interviewed by a detective over the phone, identifying himself as a firefighter with a large metro-area city fire department. That agency, which was not named, confirmed Browning was not a member of the department nor was there ever record of him applying for employment at their department.

Sansom says Browning then voluntarily came in for an in-person interview and again stated he was employed in the fire service.

“Upon further investigation, authorities determined the impersonating a public servant offense was valid and a warrant was issued on Tuesday, November 7, 2017,” stated Sansom. “He was subsequently arrested by the Royce City Police Department the same day.”

Browning was booked into the Rockwall County Jail earlier today and is being held on a $100,000 bond.