Harrison police said they are investigating two reports less than a week apart of a man with a blue light in his car stopping female motorists.
Police said a third report was determined to be unrelated.
Assistant police chief Sam Martin said Thursday that police are searching for a suspect who stopped two women at night about 3 miles apart in the Boone County city.
He is described as white, 6 feet tall, slender and with blond hair, Martin said. He appears to be in his late teens to mid-20s and has a long scar on his bottom lip and chin, he said.
Martin said a vehicle with a flashing blue light stopped the first woman on Oct. 5 in a residential area near Maple Street and West Bower Avenue.
The woman told police that the car pulled up next to her, and the male driver lowered his passenger window, stared at her and then left.
A male driver with a flashing blue light stopped a woman on Oct. 11 near the First National Bank of Green Forest on U.S. 65 North. She said a man got out of the car and approached her and then she argued with him about whether he was a police officer, Martin said.
She asked to see his badge, and when he didn’t comply, she drove away and went to the Police Department to file a report, Martin said.
Both women described the car as having four doors and being tan or gold, andthe second woman said the car was a Ford Crown Victoria, he said.
A check of area police agencies showed none has cars like the one described by the women, and none has recently sold such a car, Martin said.
A third report came Wednesday from a man who thought he was being pulled over by the driver of a black Mitsubishi, Martin said. The vehicle had a device on the dashboard that flashed different colors in time with music, Martin said.
The driver didn’t stop.
“I think this was a case of mistaken identity,” Martin said.
Anyone concerned about the legitimacy of a police traffic stop can call the Harrison Police Department at (870) 741-5463, the Boone County sheriff’s office at (870) 741-8404 or 911.
Anyone who doesn’t have a cell phone should drive to a populated, well-lit area before pulling over, Martin added.
Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 10/14/2011