Man Arrested for Impersonating Officers

JACKSONVILLE � Jacksonville Police say a Cherokee County man was arrested early Saturday morning for impersonating a police officer. Officers say Kyle Sipes was driving a minivan, attempting to pull people over by flashing his lights. Sipes reportedly managed to pull someone over, and that�s when police say he forced the victim to get out of the vehicle and onto the ground.

Sipes was allegedly threatening to shoot the victim. Police searched Sipes� van, but found no weapon � only a police scanner and a lot of .22 caliber BB gun pellets. Sipes, 24, has a criminal past also in Wood County, where authorities say he�s violated his probation. Sipes sits in the Cherokee County Jail with two counts of impersonating a public servant, a third degree felony; two counts of a terroristic threat, a class A misdemeanor; and now one count of criminal mischief, which is a class B misdemeanor, for allegedly becoming violent in his jail cell and tearing up beds. His bonds in Wood and Cherokee Counties total $120,000.