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September 23, 2011

Vince Young impersonator arrested

Prince George's County police say they have arrested a Fort Washington man accused of impersonating Eagles backup quarterback Vince Young.

Stephan Antwain Pittman, 33, of the 2800 block of Lindesfarn Terrace, was taken into custody by county police at a shopping center in Temple Hills and was charged with first-degree fraud. The charges have been filed in Washington DC.

According to the Washington Post, Pittman is charged with defrauding a woman who gave him $2,500 which he said would go to a charity foundation that "does such things as provide hula hoops for neighborhood children," a county police spokeswoman said. 

Pittman first met the woman in June on Facebook and said he was connected to Young; eventually they began meeting and Pittman, who bears a resemblance to Young, said he was the in fact the Eagles quarterback. 

Young had Tweeted earlier this week warning fans that "there is a man in the DC area that has been impersonating me" and identified him as Pittman.

Maryland's sex offender registry shows that Pittman is a registered sex offender for a crime in a different state. He was last listed as a "Tier III" offender, which is the most serious level, and was listed as "compliant."

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About Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.



Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.
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