Man Charged with Impersonating Officer

Shannon dewayne Spaulding (CCSO Detention)
Shannon Dewayne Spaulding (CCSO Detention)

Chadbourn Police charged a man with pretending to be a police officer and telling another man to leave a domestic dispute May 28.

Warrants show that Shannon Dewayne Spaulding, 33, of 110 Hudson Dr., Whiteville, was released on a $1,000 bond on the single charge of misdemeanor impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Spaulding allegedly told displayed a security guard badge and was wearing a handgun when he ordered Timothy Ruppe “that he needed to leave the scene of a domestic due to the fact that he was an officer/security guard,” the warrant states.

Chief Ken Elliot of Chadbourn Police said the investigation into the case is continuing.

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