Muncie Man Impersonates Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputy

MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man used his Facebook account to impersonate a Delaware County sheriff’s deputy.

Jordan Newman was charged with impersonation of a public servant, said the Muncie Star Press.

In January, Newman posted a photo of him with a shotgun and one of the Delaware County sheriff’s vehicles and K-9 in the back.

His Facebook account also said he was employed by the sheriff’s department as a deputy sheriff and corrections officer, and studied at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.

Newman told police that someone hacked his account and added the information about him being a deputy, but when the police looked at his Facebook Messenger Newman talked about being a corrections officer at the Delaware County jail and a reserve officer for the Eaton Police Department. 

He also said the same thing in an online conversation with a Delaware County deputy posing as a woman. 

A member of his family said that Newman was the one that posted the information about being a law enforcement officer.

Newman’s initial hearing in the impersonation case is set for March 9.