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Alleged Sexual Predator Impersonates Police Using Geek Squad Badge

by Warren Riddle on June 23, 2009 at 04:10 PM

Best Buy's tech-help Geek Squad are letting their badges go to their head, says the Daily Record. New Jersey police arrested 25-year-old Jay Mora last week for impersonating a police officer and for sexual assault. Apparently, Mora was meeting an unidentified woman at a hotel to "engage in a sex-for-money transaction." Once in the room together, Mora identified himself as a police officer by using Geek Squad ID as proof.

Police say that, believing his ruse, the woman agreed to participate in sexual acts in order to gain her freedom. Afterward, Mora allegedly refused to leave, so the woman managed to contact a relative who, in turn, alerted the real authorities. You know, the ones with badges that actually look authentic and don't have 'Geek Squad' emblazoned in orange and black.

While Geek Squad does have a history of turning in pedophiles and other pornography perps, the crew has also been plagued by its share of deviant sexual scandals. Maybe the company should reconsider its use of terms like "Special Agent" and "Deputy Field Marshal." It seems Mora (if he truly was a Geek Squad officer) and other "agents" are getting carried away with delusions of law enforcement grandeur. [From: The DailyRecord.com, via TheConsumerist.com]

Tags: best buy, BestBuy, crime, geek squad, GeekSquad, police, prostitution, top

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