2 Men Charged For Pretending To Be 'Federal Agents' & Making Traffic Stops In Toronto

If you got pulled over by "federal agents" in December, it might not have been the real deal.

Two men have been charged for impersonating "peace officers" in the streets of Scarborough last December, and conducting traffic stops while wearing "tactical clothing with 'Federal Agent' logos."

Toronto Police Service say the two men, identified as Dylan Sherief, 29 and Donivan Comeau, 22, "conducted vehicle stops on various people using emergency lighting on their vehicle in the Kingston Road and Brimley Road area" on December 27, 2021, according to a press release.

The men allegedly stopped people and asked for their identification under the pretense that they were "conducting investigations on them."

Their criminal game of make-belief landed both men with multiple charges. Comeau, who's from Toronto and Sherief from Markham, have both been charged with four counts of impersonating peace officers, four counts of forcible confinements and four counts of fraud.

The pair "attended court on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, and Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 1911 Eglinton Avenue East, at 10 a.m., room 412."

People pretending to be cops is no new trick, and in the past years, Ontario police had to warn residents of multiple fraudulent officers in various areas.

In 2020, York Regional Police warned residents of police and government officials who were imposters that were giving out COVID-19 fines and asking people to pay "on the spot."