There He Goes Again

Our favorite impersonator is back, this time on the north side, trying to put his former uniform collection together again:

• Vincent Richardson, who made national headlines four years ago when he briefly was able to pass himself off as a police officer at only 14, has been busted again for pretending to be a Chicago cop, authorities said Wednesday.
  
  Despite his age, Richardson was so convincing in 2009 that he went on patrol with a real officer for more than five hours on the South Side. This time he didn't get past a clerk at a uniform store, authorities said.
  
  Richardson, now 19, was arrested Tuesday afternoon soon after he walked into the VCG Uniform store in the 5000 block of West Irving Park Road posing as an Englewood District officer, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.

This part is funny as hell:

• Richardson was arrested about 2:15 p.m. at the uniform store, police said.
  
  "I know what it's like to be one of you," Richardson told officers, according to police. "I respect you because I did it for a day chasing and helping people. My intentions are never to hurt people, just to help."

The Department continues to deny that this goof actually drove a squad car, pulled over traffic violators and got into a foot chase, claiming that he just rode along for five hours without incident.

IF he could have just waited until December, he might have been able to pass the entrance exam and make it legit - the background check probably would have missed all these little bumps in the road.