Overview
- Police say the driver refused a stop in Elbeuf on March 1 while using a gray Peugeot 308 fitted with a gyrophare and two-tone siren.
- Investigators tracked his flight from Seine-Maritime into the Eure and then the Yvelines before he abandoned the car.
- A full gendarme uniform, a professional card stolen from a real officer, and a replica handgun were found in the abandoned vehicle.
- The suspect, identified as a resident of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf previously known for impersonation, was arrested on March 11 in Conflans‑Sainte‑Honorine and admitted the facts in custody.
- Tried on March 13 in Rouen, he received 16 months in prison including a revoked suspended term, was immediately jailed, and had his vehicle permanently confiscated.