{"id":315,"date":"2006-11-26T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2006-11-26T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/26\/german-police-capture-fake-us-highway-patrolman\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T01:40:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T05:40:23","slug":"german-police-capture-fake-us-highway-patrolman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/26\/german-police-capture-fake-us-highway-patrolman\/","title":{"rendered":"German police capture fake US highway patrolman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>German traffic police were shocked to see a California Highway Patrol car cruising along the motorway, driven by a man dressed as an authentic American cop, authorities said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* square 250x Oddplanet_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7033143591\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>But they recovered sufficiently to book the 35-year-old Goettingen resident, whose uniform badge read &#8220;T.J. 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