SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A Scott County detention center employee is accused of impersonating a police officer.

Homer Johnson, 61, was arrested early Saturday morning.

Mt. Sterling police say he used his car, equipped with police lights and a backseat cage, to pull over a man in an SUV.

Johnson was wearing his work shirt and a badge at the time.

The driver and Johnson got into a fight. The SUV hit a building, then the other man drove off.

Johnson pursued.

Kentucky State Police later found Johnson. Troopers say he had two juveniles in the back seat.

He’s charged with impersonating a peace officer, leaving the scene of an accident and wanton endangerment.

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