A Florida man was arrested last week after state police said he pretended to be an undercover agent to avoid a background check.
William Dennis Milstead, 64, was charged with impersonating a police officer, making a false statement to obtain property and using a two-way communications device to commit a crime, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Milstead was arrested after a real estate agency reported to the FDLE that he was attempting to rent a residential property without undergoing a background check.
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William Milstead was arrested last week after pretending to be an undercover agent to avoid a background check with a real estate agency, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. (St. Lucie County Jail)
Milstead submitted a falsified letter to the agency claiming he was an undercover FDLE agent working “off the grid,” which is why he was unable to participate in a background check.
The fake letter, which contained numerous grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors, was allegedly written by an assistant captain in the FDLE’s “off-grid command unit” explaining why Milstead should be an exception to the requirement to Real estate agency background check.
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“We ask that you make an exception to limit the background/credit check on William Dennis Milstead due to the security necessary to protect the safety of our officers and rely solely on this letter of recommendation from the FDLE and the State of Florida,” the letter read. part.
It claimed that Milstead’s employment began at FDLE in October 2006 and that he had “three years remaining until he reaches his 20th year of retirement.”
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The FDLE said Milstead has 13 prior felony arrests and was charged with impersonating an officer in 2002 and 2016.
William Milstead, 64, was also arrested for impersonating an officer in 2002 and 2016. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement)
Milstead was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail on Nov. 13 and was released on Nov. 15 after posting his $11,000 bond, according to jail records.
The case is being investigated by the FDLE’s Orlando office.
