Black Fake Cops Booked After Trying to Meet With Real Chiefs: Police

[Kamala Harris Election PAC]

Three people accused of posing as police officers with a rogue
force they said had existed for thousands of years wound up
behind bars after trying to schedule meetings with real law
enforcement officials.

The trio, including an aide to the California attorney general,
claimed to be members of the Masonic Fraternal Police Department
(MFPD) in letters sent to several agencies in Southern
California, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman
said.

After this aroused suspicion, detectives launched an
investigation, and arranged for them to meet Captain Roosevelt
Johnson of Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.

During the meeting, the three said that their group was
descended from the medieval order the Knights Templar and that
their agency had been in existence for 3,000 years, authorities
said. They also said their department had sovereign jurisdiction
in 33 states and across the border in Mexico.

The group's website describes differences between the MFPD and
"other police departments."

"The answer is simple for us. We were here first! We are born
into this Organization our bloodlines go deeper then (sic) an
application. This is more then a job it is an obligation," the
website says.

During raids in the 28000 block of Linda Vista Street and the
17000 Block of Sierra Highway, in Santa Clarita, investigators
discovered badges, identification cards, weapons, uniforms,
police-type vehicles and other law enforcement equipment.

The three — David Henry, 46, who claimed to be the MPFD chief,
along with Tonette Hayes, 56, and Brandon Kiel, 36, who claimed
to be chief deputy — were arrested and booked on charges of
impersonating a peace officer. Henry is also accused of lying
under oath, while Kiel is accused of misusing government
identification.

Kiel has worked as deputy director of community affairs at the
California Department of Justice, according to the Los Angeles
Times. A department spokesman declined to comment, but told the
Times Kiel is on administrative leave.

Detectives believe the suspects were trying to deceive
individuals in the community as to their status as law
enforcement officials for a purpose yet to be determined. They
also believe there may be other individuals associated with this
organization.

Jail records did not indicate a court date for the suspects. It
was not clear Wednesday morning whether the three suspects had
obtained an attorney.

Anyone with further information about their activities is asked
to call detectives on 323-980-2211, or they can anonymously
call "Crime Stoppers" on 800-222-8477.

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