A man posing as a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy actually was a repo man, according to a Denton County sheriff’s report Thursday.

The victim said he came home and found a card in his door in the 800 block of Post Oak Place near Aubrey. There was a phone number with a request to call, and the victim did.

The man at the other end of the line identified himself as a sheriff’s deputy and told him that if he did not turn over the vehicle in question, he would be charged with hindering apprehension and taken to jail.

The victim said he called the Dallas County agency and learned that no one with that name works there. The victim now believes the man is in the repossession business and was lying about being a law enforcement officer, which is illegal.

Other reports

1600 block of East McKinney Street — A police officer charged a man with criminal mischief Thursday after catching him as he ran away from a parking lot.

The officer reported he was blocking a lane of traffic for a water main break about 11:15 p.m. when he heard shouting and saw a man running toward him with people at his heels.

The people shouted at the officer to catch the man, and he did, after a brief struggle. The man smelled strongly of alcohol, according to the police report.

He was talking to the officer in a slurred voice, and the officer wrote that he realized the man was cursing him.

Witnesses said the man had pushed over a motorcycle in the parking lot and attempted to vandalize a golf cart.

The motorcycle owner estimated $1,000 in damage.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday:

* Denton police handled 339 service and officer-initiated calls, including three assaults, one sexual assault, one deceased person, three reports of criminal mischief, two frauds, two vehicle burglaries, one case of resisting arrest, one theft, one forgery, two cases of possession of marijuana and one case of possession of drug paraphernalia.

* Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers responded to 264 service and officer-initiated calls. Fifty-eight people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of one credit card abuse, one interference with child custody, one criminal mischief, two assaults and one impersonation of a public servant.

* Denton firefighters responded to 15 medical calls, four requests to assist an invalid, one request to assist police, one vehicle fire, three grassfires, one public service call, two hazardous conditions and one gas leak.

Sanger firefighters responded to two medical calls.

Argyle firefighters responded to two alarms, one traffic accident and two medical calls.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to three medical calls.

Aubrey firefighters responded to three medical calls, one fire and one controlled burn.

Krum firefighters responded to one traffic accident.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com.

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