The second squad of the Nassau County Police Department arrested Valiery Portlock, 25, on Friday, Aug. 16, for criminal impersonation of a police officer.
According to detectives, the Hicksville resident was traveling northbound on Hicksville Road in a black Nissan Sentra in the vicinity of Roosevelt Avenue when he activated his air horn and emergency lights in an attempt to pull over a van. The van was occupied by Nassau County Electronics Squad detectives.
The detectives, while stopped in traffic, identified themselves and approached the defendant’s vehicle. The defendant then fled the scene, swerved into oncoming traffic and refused to stop. The defendant continued to drive at a high rate of speed onto the Long Island Expressway. Nassau County Highway Patrol officers were notified and soon spotted the defendant and initiated a traffic stop. Portlock was placed under arrest without incident.
Portlock is charged with criminal impersonation in the first degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and unlawful fleeing from a police officer, as well as multiple moving vehicle violations.
He was arraigned on Saturday, Aug. 17, at First District Court in Hempstead.
