Scam Artist Impersonated Cop in Dana Point

Fisherman? Police officer? Scam artist?

Police say the man in the composite sketch is a crook.

They say he spent two hours shopping for fishing rods and reels at The Jig Shop in Dana Point on March 11 and paid the $2,917 total with a personal check. But when asked to prove his identity, the man used a fake ID, according to a statement from the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

He also flashed a star-shaped sheriff's badge and said he was a Mission Viejo sheriff's deputy, the statement said.

Now the man is wanted for fraud and impersonating a police officer.

He's described as a white man in his 30s, 5'11" and about 210 pounds. Police want anyone with information about this man to contact them.