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 Scale

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