North Dakota man accused of impersonating an ICE officer when jail staff released an inmate to him

[Emile]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man was arrested after authorities say he impersonated an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and walked an inmate out of a county jail.

The local sheriff said the episode on Tuesday resulted from complacency and human error and won’t happen again.

Shane Al Randall, of Williston, is charged with impersonating officials, a misdemeanor. Court papers say jail staff of the Williams County Correctional Center in Williston had told the inmate that ICE was coming to pick him up. The inmate then called Randall “to have him come pick him up,” authorities said.

Randall arrived and told jail staff he was from ICE when he is not employed by the agency, and the staff released the inmate to him, court documents say. Jail staff learned within 15 to 20 minutes that Randall was not an ICE agent when the real officer arrived, Williams County Sheriff Verlan Kvande said. Officers subsequently found and arrested Randall and the inmate without incident, his office said in a statement.

Read more at: https://apnews.com/article/north-dakota-immigration-williston-ice-agent-f89f0f070e5c39cd763a5018017ff332

[rampartd]

1. how stupid can these deputies be?

and only a misdemeanor for assisting the escape?

there are too many fake cops out there doing rapes and home invasions for that to be a misdemeanor.

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. Only the best and brightest!

[bucolic_frolic]

3. It's not against the law to save America. President said so.

Be interesting to see if his lawyers adopt that stance in court.

[The Madcap]

4. They need to be careful with that statement.

It could easily be turned against them.