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San Jose Man Charged with Impersonating a C.H.P. Officer in Atascadero Pleads
Not Guilty
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Beth Ward on September 02,2010 10:13am
 
A SAN JOSE MAN ARRESTED ON THE CENTRAL COAST FOR IMPERSONATING A C.H.P. OFFICER
HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SIX CHARGES. 27-YEAR-OLD MARK POLINI WAS ARRESTED ON
JULY 19TH AFTER AN OFFICER PULLED HIM OVER WHILE POLINI WAS DRIVING AN UNMARKED
BLACK 2001 FORD CROWN VICTORIA NEAR A GAS STATION. POLINI CONSENTED TO A SEARCH
OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH REVEALED A LOADED PISTOL, HANDCUFFS, AND TWO BADGES; WHILE
THE VEHICLE WAS OUTFITTED WITH A DASHBOARD CAMERA, FRONT AND REAR STROBE LIGHTS
AND A MOBILE DATA COMPUTER. POLINI IS ACCUSED OF FOLLOWING A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
HOME IN SAN JOSE AND TALKING TO HER IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HER HOME ABOUT A TRAFFIC
INFRACTION HE SAID SHE WAS INVOLVED IN. ATASCADERO POLICE ALSO FOUND A DIGITAL
FILE CONTAINING MORE THAN 1900 IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON A LAPTOP FOUND
INSIDE THE MOCK POLICE CAR, AND POLINO, WHO WAS OUT ON BAIL, WAS ARRESTED AGAIN.
HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF BEING IN POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY INCLUDING JEWELRY
AND COINS.