A Florida Instagram star with 1.8 million followers was arrested for tricking his Dodge Charger into looking like a police car, complete with sirens and lights.
Iulia Pugachev, 28, of Hollywood, was charged with imitating the colors of a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle, failing to register a vehicle and misusing a dealer’s license plate, authorities said.
Officers were conducting an unrelated traffic stop in Miami on Tuesday when they saw Pugachev speeding by in what appeared to be an official law enforcement vehicle.
Iulia Pugachev was charged with a misdemeanor for the appearance of her car.yulia.pugacheva/Instagram Police said the vehicle resembled a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser.FHP
The Dodge Charger had a paint job identical to that of a highway patrol car, along with an emergency siren and light bar.
Pugachev, who owns several car-related businesses with her husband, also placed a decal on the side of the vehicle that looked like a police badge.
She told officers she was testing the vehicle before agreeing to own it as part of her security service fleet.
The Dodge Charger even had police lights and sirens. FHP Pugacheva has almost 2 million followers on Instagram.yulia.pugacheva/Instagram
“Ms. Pugachev stated that she asked the wrap shop next to the body shop to wrap the vehicle in black and tan because she had previously seen marked FHP patrol units and fell in love with the color combination,” wrote an officer who arrested him, according to Local 10.
She was charged with a misdemeanor and the car was impounded.
“As a reminder, it is a first-degree misdemeanor for a vehicle to be painted in the same color scheme prescribed for FHP vehicles,” the department tweeted after the Pugachev raid.
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