A woman driver was pulled over in Edmonton early Sunday by someone posing as a peace officer, then forcibly confined and sexually assaulted, police say.
The woman was driving home in the area of Anthony Henday Drive and 127th Street at about 1:30 a.m. when she was directed to pull over by a vehicle with flashing lights.
The man, wearing a uniform, got out of the vehicle, walked up and asked the woman to come back to his vehicle. The woman complied, police said, because she assumed the man was a peace officer.
The man threatened the woman, implying that he wouldn’t charge her if she performed sexual acts on him. The woman was then driven to another area, sexually assaulted and driven to her residence, police say.
The suspect was thought to have been driving a white Nissan Rogue between the model years 2007 to 2013. He is described as Caucasian, 25 to 30 years old, with a thin build and short brown hair. He was wearing what appeared to be a navy-blue peace officer’s uniform.
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the suspect.
Police released a video of the fake peace officer who pulled over and sexually assaulted a woman on Anthony Henday on Sunday. (Edmonton Police Service)