NC man went to Kohl’s store armed, pretended to be a US Marshal, feds say
A Kernersville man was sentenced to 16 months of prison for impersonating a deputy U.S. Marshal, announced the U.S. Attorney of the Middle District of North Carolina.
Michael Robert Kwasniewski was indicted in 2018 for impersonating a U.S. Marshal. While awaiting trial, according to U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin, the 38-year-old Kwasniewski again falsely portrayed himself as a federal law enforcement officer.
Kwasniewski entered a Kohl’s department store in North Carolina in December 2018 wearing a shirt and badge with the U.S. Marshals Services emblem, Martin’s office said in a news statement Friday. Kwasniewski was also armed with a handgun, according to police, and repeatedly identified himself to store employees as a U.S. Marshal.
Officials say Kwasniewski was in the store for “several hours.”
Part of Kwasniewski’s sentence in federal court includes three years of probation and a fine of $2,000, officials said.
“The case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service, the Kernersville Police Department and the Winston-Salem Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Ruggles,” Martin’s office said in the news statement.
