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Man who pretended to be firefighter identified

Posted: 07.02.2012 at 4:41 PM

Kip Peterson / Courtesy: Colorado Springs Police Department

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police officers have released a photo of the man who impersonated a firefighter during the Waldo Canyon Fire.

One day after 346 homes burned in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood, 53-year-old Kip Peterson walked into the mandatory evacuation area of Rockrimmon dressed in firefighter gear. When officers confronted him, Peterson told them he was a firefighter.

Officers investigated and realized he was an impersonator. They arrested him, but he has since bonded out.

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