I'm looking for something to verify that you're a US Marshal. All right. >> This is Derry Lambert. He says he's a US marshal on assignment in Florida. But when a deputy asks him to prove it, a badge is all he has to offer. >> I work out of Texas. They got me down at Florida right now looking into uh Marion Oats. >> His explanation stretches from another vehicle to an assignment involving suspected gang members. The deputy [music] keeps asking for something he can check. There's two gang member, two gangs out there busting into people's houses. >> Lambert continues [music] defending his story. Then the questions turn to details someone doing his job should know. >> If you're a US marshal, you know you're squad, but there's only a few of us here. >> To understand why deputies were questioning his identity, let's go back to their first encounter with Lambert. >> See your other hand. Okay. Do you have your driver's license on? What's the deal with purple lights? Where you headed to? Shooting in there. You got your license. >> I'm sorry. >> All right. Just hang tight for that light. The lights. >> Yeah. Yeah, I saw it back there. >> I saw it. Appreciate it. >> Hey, I'm sorry. Can you run a deal? I don't know if you have anything. Do be deal. Tell me if this guy's >> Marshall's. He's telling me he's a marshal. He's running lights and sirens. Is it come back to a Marshall vehicle? He's telling me that he's a US Marshal who's responding to a shooting, one that occurred last night in Marion Oak. Somebody shot out his window. He He's saying they have a suspect. He's got a badge, but no ID. His vehicle comes back to a privacy center. >> On July 31st, 2023, a pickup caught a deputy's attention in Somefield, Florida. Its driver was using emergency lights and a siren to move past [music] traffic, prompting the deputy to follow and stop him. >> So, he says he's US Marshal. He flashed me a US Marshall badge. >> He has lights and sirens. Just went through the intersection. Says that somebody shot at his car yesterday and they believe they're out with the suspect. So, he was heading lights and sirens there. He has a badge, but this is his ID. He doesn't have a US Marshall ID. Let me see if I can get some more information from him. Hey, sir. So, the vehicle is your vehicle. Is that correct? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, cuz I'm just looking. I'm looking for something to verify that you're a US Marshall. All right. >> Who is it? >> Yes, sir. >> Give me a Give me a way to verify your identity here. Do you other than calling down there? You said it was it Dylan. >> That's fine. I mean, listen, if if you are who you say you are, >> you know, then then we're we'll be good. But right now, I just need something to verify that. What What exactly are you responding to? >> You have a radio or something like that in my car. >> So, you don't have anything else in here? >> So, how come your personal truck is outfitted with lights and sirens? You have any weapons on you? >> Yeah. Okay. What is it? You don't need to reach. I'm sorry. >> So, what? So, I was getting gas and all of a sudden I hear lights and sirens and I look up and he's going around traffic on the shoulder and then blowing through the uh the uh red light. The the lights that I saw were purple. He's saying they're blue. They look purple to me. Doesn't matter. So, I pull him over and he's holding up a badge. US Marshal. So, I asked him for his identification. Well, I don't have it's in my car. But this isn't his car. This is personal vehicle, not his work vehicle. But he said he was heading to they had a eyes on a subject who shot at him yesterday, which is why he said his mirror is out. Some gang affiliation or something like that. We're working on getting in touch with our liaison right now. >> Lambert claimed someone had shot at his vehicle the previous night and that his partners had located a suspect. Deputies began checking his account, but the identification he provided did not establish that he was a federal officer. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. If he calls our dispatch and we can straighten it out that way. >> Yeah. The voicemail, so I left a message. >> Okay. Yeah. Just hang tight with me. >> Shift in about 2 hours. So, >> where's shift at? We're shift. >> Yeah. Hopefully, we can get this resolved really quickly. >> All right. Hey, we got somebody on phone wants to ask you a few questions. >> Okay. >> All right. Go ahead, >> sir. What is your name? >> Derry Lambert. >> Okay. What district do you work out of? >> I work out of Texas. They got me down at Florida right now looking into uh Marian Oats. There's two gang member, two gangs out there that are riding on a four-wheeler with a pole on it, busting into people's houses. >> Okay. >> And they got a call. So I chas >> What's that? >> What district of Texas do you work out of? >> Dallas. >> Okay. The telephone questions gave Lambert a chance to explain his supposed Texas assignment. With his identity still unverified, the deputy moved to arrest him, but Lambert continued insisting that he worked for the Marshall Service. >> I just My mom's in the hospital in Moffet Cancer Center. So, I flew back down to my second house. >> Saying that's a federal crime down. >> Yeah, exactly. I know. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. >> Okay. All right. Do me a favor. Just go ahead and turn around for me. Okay. Put your hands behind your back. >> For what? >> I'll explain it to you. >> So, you're going to be arrested for impersonating a police officer. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and read this to you. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. >> Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned. Do you understand each of the rights I explained to you? That means rights of mind. Do you wish to talk to us now? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, when I saw you coming through the intersection, where were you headed to? >> Mary Oaks. >> Okay. Why? >> I got a call. The four-wheeler was spotted. >> Okay. So, you were >> going to get my car. >> Who spotted the four-wheeler? >> Huh? >> Who spotted the four-wheeler? >> I have two partners down here. >> Okay. What are your partner's names? >> Jim. >> Where do you work at? >> Where do I work? >> Yes, sir. Where do you work at? >> I I told you I live in Texas. >> Okay. >> I have a house here and one in Texas. >> Okay. And who do you work for? Who are you employed by? >> United States Marshall. So, >> US Marshall. So, okay. Um, you told me that you don't have your credentials with you, but they're in your >> They're in my charger. >> In your charger. The war vehicle? >> Okay. Who's the charger registered to? >> It's registered. Marshall service. >> Marshals. Okay. >> That's my personal vehicle. >> So, why would the Marshals outfit your personal vehicle with lights and sirens? >> In Texas, it's not like here. >> Okay. >> You don't have cars like this. You have a floor tag. >> I know. >> Would you mind turning the lights on floors? If >> I could undo my hands. >> But here's what I'm going to do. Tell me how to do it. I'm going to do that. I'm going I'm going to go through it. You want >> Well, relax. Relax. >> I'm not a Come on. I'm not. >> How do I turn the lights on? >> Right here. >> Yeah. >> All right, my man. Moment of truth. Okay. So ultimately your your 1040s are in there, right? Your uh >> your tax forms. >> Okay. So you want to tell me why it's not showing that you work for >> tax forms. >> Yes, sir. >> Remember old ones? >> Okay. So >> I own a concrete company, too. >> Yeah, I see that. >> I had to go to SRM yesterday to get >> So you're US Marshal. Do you want to hold on to that? Because ultimately you're going to go to jail for that. Okay. So this is your opportunity to come >> come clean. Come clean. I'm telling you. I'm telling the truth. >> Okay. >> If you want to follow me home. >> No, we're not following you home. You're going to jail. Do you understand that right now? Okay. You are being arrested for >> impersonating a police officer. >> Mary County, Florida. >> Do you want to call Mike Rosen? >> Nope. I've called everybody I needed to call. Okay. >> The conversation turned to paperwork connected to Lambert's concrete business. He maintained that he also worked in law enforcement and kept naming people he said could support his account. You don't want to come clean. You don't want to explain to me what's going on, why you're driving around like this, how long you've been doing it for. >> Never been doing it. What do >> you mean you've never working for them? It's the first time I've ever done it in my personal truck. >> Okay. But why would your personal vehicle be outfitted with lights and sirens? Did you buy it at Walmart? >> At Walmart? >> Yeah. Did you buy the uh setup at Walmart? >> They don't know how to buy at Walmart. >> Okay. Reinstalled. >> All right. You're telling me that you're at US Marshalss, but everything else says that you work in a concrete business. >> I own both. >> Okay. You own the US Marshalss? >> No, I own a concrete company. Well, call the sheriff. He knows me. >> Okay. >> I'm not joking with you. If it was funny, it would it'd be funny. >> No, it's not funny. >> No, it ain't funny. >> No, it's not. >> No, I've never had a handcuff on me in my life. >> Okay. >> I've been Iraq for 14 years. >> Well, ultimately, your credentials do not show that you're law enforcement. Okay. You're telling me that you are. You're sticking to that. You're telling me that you are right now while you're in handcuffs in the back of my car that you're law enforcement. Yet, I haven't been able to verify that through any of the resources that I have. Okay. You don't carry your credentials on you that you allegedly have. >> I'm not in my I'm not in my car. >> Okay. But you have to have them on you. So, you're going to be booked for it and you're going to have to go before a judge and you're maintaining your story at this point right now that you're US Marshal. I know the whole story. Okay. >> I know every judge in Mary County. Okay. Watch your feet real quick. >> You want to slide back in there? Easy. >> I mean, his his story doesn't line up or match up with anything that makes any sense. >> Yeah. >> He says he's good friends with Lieutenant Rosa. He's called him Captain Rosa, >> but it's not working. Say it again. >> Can you say how many years he's been a Marshall? >> No, I'll ask him that. Uh, that's a airboat. >> Hey, how long you worked for the uh US Marshalss? >> About 3 years. >> Three years. >> Okay. going on. I'm finishing up at Votech with Luchi right now to go to work for Marian County >> to do what? To >> to be a cop. Danny Rosa got me hooked up in the program. >> Wouldn't they have a position over here for you? I mean, you you're working out of here right now according to you. >> I'm just working for them. They don't I'm not the Marin County cop yet. >> No, I I understand that. But you said you're working for the marshals out here right now. >> Yeah, just for a week. >> Okay. >> I'm going back. But you're saying they don't have a position for you here? >> I haven't applied yet. >> So why would you go and be a cop for Marian County Sheriff's Office as >> I'm going to live here forever. >> Okay. All right. Slide on back in. >> Let's call Danny. >> Okay. >> He'll sum it up. >> So tell me tell me what happened at the intersection. >> So I was sitting at I was getting gas at the gas station. I >> So I hear sirens and then I look up and I see lights coming through the intersection. He's going around everybody on the uh the uh shoulder. It looks like purple lights to me. Doesn't look authentic. Get back in my car, start coming after him. He's hightailing it this way. I get behind him. He's got no uh mirror. I'm conduct traffic stop. He pulls over. So, I make contact with him. He's holding out his uh credentials. and he tells me that he is heading to Marion Oaks because he has two of his guys out with a suspect who shot at him yesterday and actually shot his mirror off. >> Okay. Hey, Mr. Layman. How are you doing today? >> Yeah. I'm going to read you your Miranda warnings. I know he said that he already did, but I just want to read them to you again. Okay. >> You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and won't be used against the law. Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you? Having these rights in mind, do you wish to answer some of my questions or talk to me? >> Whatever you want. >> Okay. What happened today? >> A second officer began testing the [music] details of Lambert's claimed career, his assignment, his supervisor, and his partners. Letting Lambert explain those details would bring the central problem with his story into focus. >> Okay. So, you are identifying yourself as a US marshal. >> Yes. >> Were you wearing anything else that identified you as a US marshal? So you got a a hat that says US morphel and you were wearing that? >> I got a shirt, bulletproof vest. I got it all. >> You got a bulletproof vest? >> I just come out of Mafia, so I'm put right in there. >> Okay. Where's your bulletproof vest at? >> It's at my house. >> Your bulletproof vest is at your house? >> I have a concrete business. >> Mhm. I got two more months. I'm transferring from Texas down here. Danny Rosa got me signed up and with the Coochie Botech to become a Mar County. Do you have a US Marshall vehicle at your house? >> I have a charger. Just a unmarked charger. >> So it doesn't have any lights in it? >> Yeah, just like that. >> So the US Marshalss provided you with a vehicle with lights in it? >> Yeah. >> Who put those lights in in your truck? >> I took it someplace. They do it. >> What do you know what place it is? >> No, I they took it I dropped it off at the uh trying to think. Mechanic shop. >> Where do you work out of Texas? >> Dallas. >> Dallas. >> Yes. What's your district? If you're a US Marshal, you would know your district. >> 641. >> 641. Okay. >> That's our squad. >> Okay. >> But there's only a few of us here. >> A few of you. Would I be one of those? >> No. >> I'm not a US Marshal. >> I don't know. I see your badge. >> Well, here is my credentials. I am actually a special deputy US marshal. >> Yeah. >> Here are my credentials. >> Mine are in my car. >> These your credentials like this are in there. >> I have one. I did believe that. Okay. I I would say probably not because I'm asking you very easy questions to be able to identify yourself and you're not. Who's your supervisor out of Texas? >> My supervisor? >> Yes, sir. Your direct supervisor? >> Uh Jim Willis. >> Jim Willis? >> Yeah. >> What do you do for the United States Marshals? >> I normally just do raids. >> Raids? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Who do you work for? >> I just told >> like Okay. So, where do you work for the Fugitive Task Force? You work for the district marshals? >> No. >> Who do you work for? >> I work for the task force. >> You work for the task force. >> People running. We do raids. >> All I do is raid. >> You know Jim Willis's phone number? >> I do in my car. It's in your >> your car in this truck. >> No. >> Where's Jim Willis at right now? >> Texas. >> Okay. You gave me two names. Do you remember those two names that you gave me earlier that are your partners here that you called me? >> Got me so confused, man. I don't know if I'm coming or going. >> I've been in Moffet since I ain't slept in 3 days. My mom's a critical care unit. >> So, you don't remember who your partner's names are. >> I'm going to give you a little bit of I'm going to give you a little bit of an out. I'm telling you. >> Okay, listen to me for just a second. I'm going to give you a little bit of an out or whatever. >> Um, I know you're not a US marshal. >> I'm a US marshal, >> right? >> I know for a fact 100% you are not with the US Marshals. So I would just want to know why you would try to identify as a US marshal. Was it to like get around traffic? >> No. >> Okay. So what were you trying to do? >> I told you twice I was responding to a couple >> with the US Marshalss. >> Yes. You don't know about the drones out there flying over? >> Sir, there is nothing like that. I'm going to I'm going to give you a little tip. Pro tip. There's only three of us in this county. You are not one of the other two. >> You don't know me and I don't know you. 100%. Right. >> But yet >> we do the same thing. >> Right. >> We search real good. I mean, he's not lying. He's got headers in there. He's got a big old LED. Like, it looks like a military light from a vehicle in the back seat. Everything's nice, clean, parallel, nice, no. >> Take the gun and charge it with uh >> possession of a firearm by possession of the commission of a felony. Yeah. Charge him with that. And um what the state will probably do is end up just charging him with like armed impersonation of a law enforcement officer. I did that years ago. I asked a guy out in the forest pretend to be a >> undercover FWC officer and he he had a gun in his waistband. We charged him with secondderee felony. So >> we good to start taking him up to the jail. >> So you have possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and personating law enforcement. >> Is he convicted? >> I'm sorry. During the commission of a felony. >> That was Sergeant Warren. Is this all? It's still hot. >> Derry Wayne Lambert was arrested on multiple charges, including impersonating a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Federal prosecutors later announced that he pleaded guilty to false impersonation of a federal officer.