Cobb County

Woman says man pretending to be an officer followed her home

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman tells Channel 2 Action News a man pretending to be a police officer followed her home.

Channel 2's Matt Johnson learned the man was dressed like an officer, complete with a hat and badge.

According to Acworth police, the woman said she accidentally cut the man off in traffic.

Cellphone video showed a man standing in a woman's driveway Saturday night after police said he followed her home.

The woman said he stood there to keep her from getting to her Acworth home after he harassed her.

"He came up and started banging on the window. He was saying, 'I am the police, I am the police, I'm Atlanta police,' and he held up an ID badge," she said.

The woman said she had her 10-year-old son with her in the car.

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"He came up and started banging on the window. He was saying, 'I am the police, I am the police, I'm Atlanta police, and he held up an I.D. badge," she said.

When Acworth police responded to 911 calls, they arrested the man and charged him with felony impersonating an officer.

They said Wayne Cutshall, 67, had an Atlanta Police Department hat, civilian ID, and identified himself as a police officer.

An Atlanta police spokesperson told Johnson Cutshall is a civilian employee at the department who is now on administrative duty after the incident.

No one at his home wanted to talk about the allegations when Channel 2 visited.

A neighbor who recorded the confrontation said she is concerned this may not be an isolated case.

"He doesn't deserve to keep a job like that," she said. "If he's done this this time, what's to say he's not going to do it again?"