The alleged imposter drove a blue, unmarked Crown Victoria with blue lights in the grille. Authorities say they don't have a motive and that the imposter might be someone who wants to be a cop but can't get a job as a law enforcement officer. Police warn motorists that they should hear a quick siren on a traffic stop. They say that officers should produce credentials and they add that motorists should ask for the department and phone number for that officer. It happened inside a Roanoke Rapids home Saturday afternoon.
Investigators say the bullet hit the boy in the left side of the head.
He was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center, but was later flown to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Investigators say it is too early to say whether anyone will be charged in the case. Imagine being stuck in jail because you don't speak the language. Some defense attorneys say that's what's happening in Durham because of the county's lack of Spanish-speaking interpreters in its probation department. Another of Sparrow's clients spent almost 48 extra hours behind bars after pleading guilty to common-law robbery until probation officers borrowed an interpreter and completed his paperwork.