Southington 'FBI agent' allegedly ditches jacket, admits he isn't one – then offers $100 for CCTV
Police say a man in an 'FBI' jacket asked a Southington 7-Eleven for its CCTV, couldn't show ID, then came back without the jacket, admitted he wasn't an agent and offered $100 for the footage.
Undercover work has rarely been this uncovered. Police in Southington, Connecticut, say a man walked into the 7-Eleven on Queen Street on Sunday 1 November 2026 wearing a jacket with yellow “FBI” lettering on the back, said he was a federal agent and asked to see the shop’s CCTV.
Staff asked for law-enforcement ID. He allegedly couldn’t produce any, WFSB reports.
AI illustration – the opening pitch. Not the real man or shop.
Turned away, he allegedly came back without the jacket, acknowledged he was not a federal agent – and offered $100 for access to the footage instead. Staff refused and reported it, according to police.
Real photo: shops at Sal’s Plaza, Southington, Connecticut (June 2024) – not the 7-Eleven in this story. Photo: John Phelan / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0.
Real officers then reviewed the shop’s footage and used the town’s automatic number plate reader cameras to identify him, and recovered the FBI jacket as evidence, police say. A 47-year-old South Windsor man turned himself in on 4 November, charged with impersonation of a police officer and criminal attempt to commit commercial bribery, Patch and the Daily Voice report. He was released on a $100,000 bond and is due at New Britain Superior Court on 18 November.
Police didn’t say why he wanted the footage so badly.
AI illustration – Exhibit A. Spot Gaz, our gorilla, hiding somewhere in this picture.
Reported by WFSB (Rob Polansky, 6 Nov 2026), with Patch and the Daily Voice. The charges are allegations; he has not been convicted.
