Daily Talker: Man Charged For Driving Maserati Painted Like Police Cruiser

BOSTON (CBS) - A man from Braintree is in trouble with the law, because police say his Maserati looked too much like a police cruiser.

Braintree Deputy Police Chief Wayne Foster tells the Patriot Ledger the man was pulled over in Braintree Square over the weekend, and has been summoned to court on a charge of impersonating a police officer.

His Maserati was painted black and white with a police-style shield on the doors. The car also had 911, k-9, and speed enforcement decals. It did not have police-style lights on the top.

Foster told the Patriot Ledger the driver said he believed he was helping police, "because other drivers noticed him and slowed down, thinking it was a police vehicle."

The side of the $100,000 Italian luxury car also had the words "Decepticons punish and enslave," instead of the more common motto of "protect and serve."

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