Couldn't he have just prayed instead? As reported in The New York Post on 7/19/2013:
In the space of about 19 hours ending yesterday, a Westchester County
rabbi was arrested or arraigned on three separate charges of
impersonating a cop.
In each case, Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski was
angered when other motorists drove too slowly or cut him off, police
say. So he allegedly flashed a phony badge and tried to get them to pull
over.
The rabbi’s unusual case made headlines after his first
arrest, and the story gained momentum as others came forward to tell
authorities he tried to stop them while driving.
The latest arrest
stemmed from an encounter in Yonkers in April when “what appeared to be
minor road rage escalated,” State Police Investigator Joseph Becerra
said yesterday.
He said Borodowski angrily waved a badge at a
driver who cut him off on I-87. “Words were exchanged,” Becerra said.
The other driver and his passenger “felt they were intimidated by this
individual, and he was purporting to be a police officer.”
The passenger videotaped some of the encounter, he said. The footage is not being released.
Borodowski
surrendered yesterday at a State Police barracks in Hawthorne and was
charged with the misdemeanor form of criminal impersonation. He is due
in court July 29
The rabbi’s lawyer, Andrew Rubin, said Borodowski suffers from bipolar disorder.
Yesterday’s
arrest came just a few hours after Borodowski pleaded not guilty in
Mamaroneck Village Court to the same charge, stemming from a June
incident in which Borodowski is accused of pulling his Camry alongside a
woman’s car, flashing a badge and shouting “Police! Police! Pull over!”
Cops said he told them, “That girl was driving too slow, and I hate when people do this.” He denied posing as a police officer.
Prosecutor
Diana Hedayati reduced the charge to a misdemeanor because the rabbi
did not commit another crime while allegedly posing as an officer.
Judge Daniel Gallagher ordered a psychiatric evaluation and adjourned the case to Sept. 12.
Borodowski did not speak during the proceeding and refused to answer questions outside court.
On
Wednesday, Borodowski was arrested in White Plains. A driver there
complained the rabbi had confronted him in a rage in May, claiming to be
an officer and displaying a badge.
The driver said it appeared that Borodowski wanted him to drive faster.
Borodowski is still listed as the leader of a congregation in Larchmont.
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