Motel Police Discount Brings Arrest

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From excite.com

A former police officer was jailed on charges including impersonating a public servant after he allegedly used a badge to try to get a "police discount" at a motel.

That's how Richland Township police summed up the strange set of events involving the former officer, Ryan A. McBreen, 28, of Somerset, and a companion.

McBreen is a former part-time officer in Stonycreek Township, but he was also once an officer with the state Capitol Police in Harrisburg - and it's a badge from that department which started the chain of events, police said.

Police say McBreen and Ryan D. Baumgardner, 28, of Conemaugh Township, went to the Richland Motel just outside Johnstown on Saturday and asked for the discount while McBreen allegedly flashed a Capitol Police badge.

The motel clerk rented the room, but also called the police because McBreen didn't offer a photo ID with the badge; the clerk remembered McBreen and Baumgardner previously renting and "trashing" a room; and, finally, clerk questioned the discount request.

"I want to make this clear," said Richland Detective Kevin Lehman, "we never even heard of a police discount... Entire Story Here