June 03, 2015
From time immemorial, underage drinking has been at the root of a lot of shenanigans. Sometimes police have to intervene to put an end to situations that can be damaging or dangerous to the community and the inebriated alike.
Nineteen-year-old Logan Shaulis of Somerset, Pennsylvania, decided last weekend that he would take the law into his own hands, according to Pennsylvania state troopers, the Associated Press reports.
Police Shaulis set up a sobriety checkpoint on Route 601 at about 4 a.m. last Saturday. He parked his car in the middle of the road and even went to the length of setting up road flares. When one motorist passed by, he impersonated a Pennsylvania state trooper and demanded to see a driver's license, registration, and insurance papers.
He also, according to police, was himself drunk at the time. Real troopers were called to the scene of the fake checkpoint and arrested Shaulis, noting that he attempted to hand off a BB pistol to another motorist in order to avoid further trouble.
Shaulis faces charges of drunken driving, impersonating a public servant, and unlawful restraint. A preliminary hearing is set for June 9.
