Clarksville man accused of impersonating officer

A Clarksville man is behind bars after he allegedly impersonated a police officer.

Clarksville Police say 40-year old Danny Coleman of White Oak Road is charged with Criminal Impersonation after officials with Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department received a strange post on Facebook from a woman from Louisiana seeking help after texting someone she believed to be her cousin and found out later that it was not.

Police say when the woman demanded to know who she was corresponding with Coleman stated he was a Clarksville Police Detective.

Police determined through investigation that Coleman used the name of a detective who had solved his residential burglary case in March 2012.

Coleman remains lodged in the Montgomery County Jail.
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