Dream Lands Teen “Cop” Behind Bars After Stop For Ice Cream

A New Hampshire teen who dreams of becoming a cop one day was jailed this week after he allegedly impersonated a police officer at a popular ice cream stand. Chance LaCasse, 19, waltzed into the King Kone in Merrimack clad in a New Hampshire state police jacket, along with a handgun holstered to his hip, authorities say. Someone called the real cops on the baby-faced LaCasse, and he was later arrested on a felony impersonation charge.

While patrons at the the ice cream parlor told the New Hampshire Union Leader they thought LaCasse’s costume was an April Fool’s prank, LaCasse’s Instagram page shows that he’s spent the last two years regularly decked out in patrolmen’s uniforms and detective outfits, and sometimes posing with police cruisers and bullet proof vests. LaCasse’s preparation for one day being an officer went so far that he bought a Glock 19 handgun, which is often displayed by his side, and a German Shepherd, a popular breed for canine cops.

“People ask all the time why I carry a gun,” LaCasse captioned one photo. “It’s simple. I’ll do anything to protect what I love. #glock #9mm #2ndamendment”