The big question – the story behind the story on the arrest of a Montgomery County man who was masquerading as a Drug Enforcement Administration agent is what has he done all this time with fake badge, fake cop car, fake federal agent credentials and real guns and real taser?
Authorities concede they don’t really know what David Webb – who was allegedly so good he even fooled other cops into letting him accompany them on raids – has been up to.
As a result, they are taking the unusual step of releasing photos of Webb as well as of the two cars he has driven – a 2003 Crown Victoria and a black 2011 Dodge Charger that were outfitted with police “interceptor packages” that include lights, radio, dashboard video cam, spotlight, etc.
In a few other photos provided to Narco Confidential Webb is even talking to school children. He’s wearing a watch cap, sunglasses and a raid jacket, along with a DEA T-shirt underneath.
Sources close to the investigation said the bogus DEA credential looks incredibly real as does the badge. He’s known to have pulled over motorists and given them warnings.
Where he has done all this is also unclear. There are plenty of stories of people wearing police gear and robbing crooks, drug traffickers, etc. There are no allegations of such behavior in this case.
He also had several law-enforcement patches that said U.S. Marshal Service. Complicating matters, he really seemed to know how to talk like a cop – he went through police training at the University of Houston Downtown and was briefly an officer in Roman Forest.
He roamed around in outlying counties where there are many officers scattered around from many different agencies and they are known to change jobs and places so often that it is not unusual for there to be some confusion about who is who and where they last worked, etc.
Webb had an added in as his legitimate job was running a kennel where he trained dogs in protection, tracking and sniffing out narcotics. There is some information that he even sold his trained dogs to police departments.
And so, authorities are asking the public to let them know if they know anything about Webb and his police playing activities. They ask anyone who came in contact with him to call 713-693-3182.
“It is important that the public understand that David Brian Webb is not an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration,” said a statement released by the agency.
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