Security guard pleads not guilty of impersonating Edmonds detective
EVERETT — The Bremerton security guard who police say posed as an Edmonds police detective pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of a firearm Monday in Kitsap County Superior Court.
Around 6:30 p.m. Sept. 4, Michael Scaletta-Teates, 49, from Lacey, arrived at an active police scene where a Bremerton officer was responding to reports of a fire at a parking garage on 875 6th Street, charging documents said. Scaletta-Teates arrived in an unmarked Ford Explorer with activated police lights, wearing body armor with “POLICE” and “SWAT” logos and a metallic Edmonds police badge, the documents said. He identified himself to Bremerton officers as an off-duty Edmonds police detective.
According to charging documents, the officer initially believed Scaletta-Teates, but grew suspicious due to the lack of a service weapon and that he was working as an off-duty security detail at the Salvation Army in a different city than he was allegedly employed.
When the officer recontacted Scaletta-Teates outside the Salvation Army, Scaletta-Teates said he had retired from Baltimore City after 27 years before working for the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Scaletta-Teates told the officer he had worked for Edmonds for two years and was currently in the gang and intelligence division, charging documents said.
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