ST. CHARLES PARISH - A man from Ascension Parish is charged in an unrelated case of police officer impersonation on interstates in the suburbs of New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Peyton Oubre, 23, of Prairieville, was arrested for impersonating a police officer after an incident Saturday.<\/p>\n
Sheriff's deputies in St. Charles said Oubre chased a vehicle from Jefferson Parish until a crash on I-310. Oubre was driving an Audi equipped with emergency lights, deputies said.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Oubre confessed to giving chase because the other vehicle was being operated in a reckless manner. Oubre said he worked for the \"government\" but did not specify what agency, the sheriff's office said.<\/p>\n
\"When questioned about what government or where he worked specifically he was unable to provide specifics,\" the sheriff's office told WWL radio in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Oubre had a gun and handcuffs in his vehicle, deputies said, but there is no record of him being employed by any law enforcement or governmental agencies.<\/p>\n
Authorities said this case is unrelated to other cases believed to be connected of impersonation in St. Charles and East Feliciana parishes.<\/p>\n
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