Pretending to be Deaf ; kind of dumb for guy pulled over by cops - Brandon C. Nesbitt of Carbondale, IL

As reported by Chicago Sun Times:

Deaf? No. Dumb? Well …

Will County sheriff’s police said a man who was pulled over by police tried to pretend he was deaf and couldn’t understand the deputy. The only problem was that when the deputy started telling him what to do, he immediately complied.

Brandon C. Nesbitt, 22, of Carbondale and his passenger, Terrance D. Godfrey of Joliet, were pulled over about 7 p.m. Saturday. When the deputy asked for Godfrey’s ID, “he replied with an indistinguishable response and made multiple hand gestures as if trying to sign to me,” the deputy reported.

Nesbitt said Godfrey was “deaf and dumb,” but then the deputy told him to get out of the car — and Nesbitt did, police said. When the deputy said he didn’t believe Godfrey was disabled, Godfrey came clean — except for giving a fake name, police said.

Then he tried to run away, police said.

He was soon caught, and police discovered he was wanted in DuPage County for impersonating a police officer. He was arrested for obstructing justice and resisting arrest. Nesbitt was ticketed for traffic violations.

#Source: Chicago Sun Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/8454002-418/pretending-to-be-deaf-kind-of-dumb-for-guy-pulled-over-by-cops.html