Fake police officer is arrested after he tries to pull over a real cop in St Louis

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Nicholas Keeton, 20, was charged on Friday with false impersonation of a law enforcement officer, a misdemeanor
On Thursday, he had parked his Impala beside another vehicle and allegedly identified himself as a St Louis police officer
The driver of the other vehicle was real off-duty cop Andrei Nikolov
Nikolov reported Keeton to police and they arrested him

Published: 12:05 EST, 12 December 2016 | Updated: 08:18 EST, 13 December 2016

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Nicholas Keeton, 20, allegedly identified himself as a St Louis police office when he pulled over an off-duty cop on Thursday

A St Louis man, impersonating a police officer, attempted to pull over the wrong motorist - a real cop.

The man, 20-year-old Nicholas Keeton, was charged on Friday with false impersonation of a law enforcement officer, a misdemeanor, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

On Thursday afternoon, Keeton parked his tricked-out Impala with flashing lights and a siren beside another vehicle at an intersection near the St Louis police station.

Keeton, who is 6ft 5in tall and weighs 260lb, allegedly identified himself as a city police officer to the driver of the other vehicle - who happened to be real off-duty cop Andrei Nikolov, according to Riverfront Times.