Security Guard Faces Charges Again
POSTED: 8:44 am EDT May 7, 2008
UPDATED: 8:58 am EDT May 7, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- He might have looked like a police officer, but investigators said a man arrested in Orange County was a fake.
Video: Investigators Arrest Security Guard
State officials arrested Bryan Ansley while he was working at the Oasis Lounge as a security guard early Monday morning.
Authorities said Ansley was wearing an official-looking shirt with what appeared to be a law-enforcement badge. They also said he was illegally carrying a 9-mm gun and Taser on his belt while working as an unlicensed security guard.
It's not the first time he's been investigated. Ansley lost his armed security guard license after a fatal shooting in Sanford in 2005.
He was cleared in that case and said these charges should also be dropped.
"It's, quite frankly, embarrassing to be labeled as a pretend cop, play cop or fake cop or whatever the case may be because that's certainly not the case," Ansley said.
One defense attorney said there are some gray areas when it comes to these charges. Ansley bonded out of jail before a judge ruled on the case.
According to Bronson’s Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE), the suspect - Bryan P. Ansley, 31, of Longwood - was arrested early this morning outside at an Orlando night club.
At the time of the arrest, he was observed carrying a handgun, a taser, chemical spray and a baton secured to a law enforcement-type belt. Ansley’s uniform shirt was embroidered with a shield and star badge, authorities said.
OALE investigators, who credited the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for its assistance in the arrest, transported the suspect to the Orange County Jail.
Last fall, Bronson’s department, which licenses security officers, conducted an investigation into allegations that Ansley was operating as an unlicensed security officer. After receiving the results of the OALE investigation, the State Attorney’s Office in Orange County issued a summons for the suspect to appear for judicial proceedings last October. But authorities could not locate the suspect, so he was never served with the summons.
POSTED: 8:44 am EDT May 7, 2008
UPDATED: 8:58 am EDT May 7, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- He might have looked like a police officer, but investigators said a man arrested in Orange County was a fake.
Video: Investigators Arrest Security Guard
State officials arrested Bryan Ansley while he was working at the Oasis Lounge as a security guard early Monday morning.
Authorities said Ansley was wearing an official-looking shirt with what appeared to be a law-enforcement badge. They also said he was illegally carrying a 9-mm gun and Taser on his belt while working as an unlicensed security guard.
It's not the first time he's been investigated. Ansley lost his armed security guard license after a fatal shooting in Sanford in 2005.
He was cleared in that case and said these charges should also be dropped.
"It's, quite frankly, embarrassing to be labeled as a pretend cop, play cop or fake cop or whatever the case may be because that's certainly not the case," Ansley said.
One defense attorney said there are some gray areas when it comes to these charges. Ansley bonded out of jail before a judge ruled on the case.
Bronson Announces Arrest Of Central Florida Man
For Impersonating A Police Officer
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced today the arrest of an unlicensed security officer in Central Florida on charges of impersonating a police officer, illegally carrying a firearm and conducting activities as a security guard without a license.For Impersonating A Police Officer
According to Bronson’s Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE), the suspect - Bryan P. Ansley, 31, of Longwood - was arrested early this morning outside at an Orlando night club.
At the time of the arrest, he was observed carrying a handgun, a taser, chemical spray and a baton secured to a law enforcement-type belt. Ansley’s uniform shirt was embroidered with a shield and star badge, authorities said.
OALE investigators, who credited the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for its assistance in the arrest, transported the suspect to the Orange County Jail.
Last fall, Bronson’s department, which licenses security officers, conducted an investigation into allegations that Ansley was operating as an unlicensed security officer. After receiving the results of the OALE investigation, the State Attorney’s Office in Orange County issued a summons for the suspect to appear for judicial proceedings last October. But authorities could not locate the suspect, so he was never served with the summons.
Comment