Edinburg man accused of impersonating a police officer

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man was arrested after allegedly impersonating a police officer, documents show.

Randall Javier Martinez was arrested on a charge of impersonating a public servant, according to Hidalgo County Jail records.

A probable cause affidavit stated that on April 16, police responded to the 4300 block of N. 10th Street in McAllen. There, they spoke to a business manager who said that employees at the business received a call from a man identifying himself as "Officer Lopez, with the Pharr Police Department."

According to the affidavit, the man requested to speak with a female employee regarding an accident she was involved in. The employee spoke with the man, and told him she would show up at the police station at a later time.

The manager called the number back and recorded portion of the conversation. She noted that the man continued calling himself "Officer Lopez," and provided a badge number.

The woman told police that she had been speaking with a friend, identified as Martinez, who had been "harassing her lately." While on the phone, she told Martinez that she received a call at work from an officer with the Pharr Police Department.

She told police that Martinez "admitted that he had been contacting her place of employment pretending to be an officer with Pharr Police Department," the affidavit stated.

The woman was shown a a recording of the phone call but was unable to identify his voice. Detectives reached out to Martinez but were unsuccessful. Based on this, police requested a warrant for impersonating a public servant.

Martinez was taken into custody and booked into the Hidalgo County Jail on May 15. His bond was set at $6,000 and jail records show he remains jailed, as of Thursday.