FBI and SWAT agents last month raided the house of a Gaithersburg, Maryland, man who is accused of impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Virginia on multiple occasions, according to a report published Monday.
Local law enforcement in Montgomery County, Maryland, served a warrant to Itai Ozderman at his home on Feb. 22 on allegations he pretended to be a federal immigration agent throughout Falls Church, Va., walking around the town with a bullet proof vest, ICE placard and Baltimore County police badge.
Ozderman was born in Israel and worked as an IT engineer at the Washington Post at the time of the arrest. Baltimore County police confirmed Ozderman had never worked at the department.
During the raid, police recovered 10 weapons, including handguns, assault rifles and a shotgun. The 35-year-old man also had body armor, weapon magazines, bullets and a working police radio on hand at his home, according to a WJLA report.
Ozderman was arrested at the scene, but later made bond and was released from custody.
