TWO NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE DETECTIVES ARE STOPPED BY A MAN IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER. SERGEANT EMMANUEL GUTIERREZ TELLS 770 KKOB IT HAPPENED ALONG A STRETCH OF STATE ROAD 104 IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY. THE DETECTIVES WERE DRIVING A CIVILIAN VEHICLE WHEN 26 YEAR OLD JOHN SHELTON PULLED THEM OVER. HE SAID HE WAS A MEMBER OF STATE POLICE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND SAID HE HAD STOPPED THEM FOR SPEEDING.
NOT KNOWING THAT SHELTON WASN'T ACTUALLY A POLICE OFFICER, THE DETECTIVES DIDN'T ARREST HIM AT THAT POINT. BUT HE WAS LATER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND BECAME KNOWN.
