Hanover Park man racks up second arrest for impersonating cop
A Hanover Park man, already out on bond for impersonating a police officer at an Aurora casino, was arrested for the same crime Sunday, police said.
Jordan R. Miller, 26, of the 1400 block of Fremont Drive, has been charged with false impersonation of a police officer, in connection with a July 18 Elgin case.
Police said Miller called a 911 operator in Elgin, identified himself as a police officer from another department and asked to speak to an officer about drugs.
The dispatcher connected him to a detective and Miller identified himself as a police officer to the detective multiple times, Elgin police Lt. Glenn Theriault said.
The detective noticed Miller made contradicting statements during the conversation and Miller admitted he actually wasn't a police officer, Theriault said.
But during his Monday morning bond hearing, Miller, arrested Sunday, said the police got the story wrong. "What I said was that I went to school to be a police officer, not that I was a police officer," Miller told Kane County Judge Bruce W. Lester.
Lester set his bail at $20,000, which means Miller needs $2,000 to secure his release while the case is pending.
"I really wish you'd have a little leniency on me," Miller said after Lester set the bail.
According to court records, Miller has been here before.
At 9 p.m. May 2, an agent from the Illinois Gaming Board arrested Miller at Hollywood Casino in Aurora for impersonating an officer.
Gene O'Shea, a spokesman for the Illinois Gaming Board, said Miller "made claim to be a police officer or law enforcement and an investigation revealed that he's not."
He was released after posting $1,500 bond in that case, records show.
Miller is due in court on the new charge Aug. 2 at the Kane County Judicial Center in front of Kane County Judge James Hallock.
Two days later, he is due to appear before the same judge on the old charge.
Impersonating a police officer is a Class 4 felony with a prison sentence ranging between one and three years.