The newspaper vigilante of Darien is no more. Police put a stop to her bizarre activity when they arrested Rosemary Carroll, 58, August 15 for impersonating a police officer.
Carroll was nabbed about 8:35 a.m. after she approached a woman at the Darien Metro North station and told her it was illegal to take more than one copy of the free newspapers available on the platform. Carroll claimed to be an undercover detective who would have the witness arrested if she didn't put the papers back and she even produced a badge in a brown wallet.
Unfortunately for Carroll, there was a real police officer in the vicinity who happened to be the shift commander and who knew that there were no female undercover officers working at the time. After the witness pointed out Carroll to him, she initially denied the charges, but the officer searched her bag and found a badge for the Darien Fire Department Ladies' Auxiliary. Carroll admitted that she had shown the badge to the witness.
Darien Fire Department Chief Richard Weatherstone told police that Carroll had not been a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary for more than a year and a half and she failed to return her badge when she resigned. Darien Police Captain Fred Komm said: "She was only a member for a short period of time."
Carroll was released on a promise to appear in court. Her hearing is scheduled for August 26.
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