DEA Imposter 'Tricked' Woman Into Bogus Training Program for entire year
Portland woman was duped into believing she was a DEA agent-in-training for an entire year, walking around with a badge she thought was real, going on fake ride-alongs, and developing “confidential informants” at her phony supervisor’s behest.
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On the evening of Feb. 1, Portland cops detained Golden and the unnamed woman on a street corner not far from the Portland Art Museum, the complaint states. Officers called the DEA’s Portland District Office and told agents that they had two people claiming to be with the DEA. When the agents arrived on-scene, they found Golden and the woman in handcuffs.
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He said he “didn’t want anyone to bother him or [the woman] in or around their apartment complex and felt the fake DEA items provided them protection and that he used the red and blue interior lights in his vehicle to get through traffic faster,” the complaint states. “Golden said he also previously acted as an officer to break up a fight by shouting ‘Police!’” and “held up his arm as if displaying a badge or credentials while he described the encounter.”
During Golden’s interrogation, the unidentified woman was also being questioned by investigators—and she was baffled by the bust.
She told the agents that she “was a DEA agent in training and was also attending school for Criminal Justice,” the complaint explains. “She said she has been in training for approximately one year and was issued a DEA badge and credentials by Golden. [She] said GOLDEN had taken a photograph of her and provided it to other agents for use to make an identification card,” and that Golden has “spoken previously of ‘Agent Anderson,’ ‘Agent Luis,’ ‘Agent Garcia,’ and ‘Ms. Bennett’ from the DEA, and Golden told her that she would soon be training with other agents.”
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