JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A Memphis area couple faces multiple charges after investigators said they pretended to be federal agents to rob a Jonesboro home. On Aug. 6, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Jonesboro responded to a call of a robbery in progress on Ridgepointe Drive. The victim told Jonesboro police dispatch that a man was at the front door with a firearm, and a woman was inside the house. When Jonesboro police arrived, according to the affidavit, they found 33-year-old Traneshia Hall of Southaven, Mississippi, in the home. Hall claimed she was law enforcement with ‘Homeland Security’ to JPD officers,” the court documents stated. She then showed officers a photo of a Homeland Security certificate on her phone, claiming they were her “credentials.” Hall claimed she was with her friend, 38-year-old Michael D. Jackson, who was also a U.S. marshal. Hall stated that Jackson had his gun on him when he knocked on the door of the Ridgepointe address,” the court documents stated. As police were questioning her, Jackson pulled up in a black Nissan SUV and produced an identification card to JPD officers that identified him as a special agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security “out of Atlanta.” While running his information through dispatch, police learned that Jackson had a suspended/revoked driver’s license. HSI Special Agent Koval and HSI Task Force Officer Jason Chester responded to the call and met with JPD officers, who provided them with Jackson’s ID card. According to the affidavit, the ID cards “appeared to be the same structure as an official federal Personal Identity Verification card issued to federal employees,” including a watermark with the official U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal. However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the card was “fraudulent.” After a K9 officer alerted to the possibility of controlled substances in Jackson’s vehicle, officers searched the SUV. Police reported finding a Glock 17 pistol in a belt holster with one round chambered and 17 rounds in the magazine, along with $580 in cash and 0.5 grams of marijuana. “In the rear of the vehicle, a black tactical outer carrier with patches inscribed with ‘Special Operations’ and ‘Fugitive Apprehension Agent’ was located,” the affidavit stated. When an HIS task force officer searched the bag, he found “handcuffs, a radio, a rifle light, a body camera, and two pistol magazines.” According to the affidavit, officers also found a “drop holster and an undership with two ESAPI ballistic plates inside of it.” After being read their Miranda rights, both Hall and Jackson told investigators they were “special agents with Homeland Security.” During questioning at the police station, Jackson continued to identify himself as a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security and had been an HSI special agent since May 2024. When asked if he was a federal employee and a federal law enforcement agent, Jackson reportedly replied in the affirmative. When police presented him with an actual special agent’s credentials and showed him the differences, “Jackson claimed that he never identified himself as a special agent,” the affidavit stated. “He claimed he received the special agent ID card in the mail and did not make it himself.” On Monday, Aug. 11, Craighead County District Judge David Boling found probable cause to charge Jackson and Hall with first-degree criminal impersonation of a law enforcement officer, a Class D felony. Jackson is also charged with second-degree forgery, a Class C felony. He’s also charged with three misdemeanors: driving while license canceled, suspended, or revoked; possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance less than 4 ounces; and carrying a weapon. Hall also faces an additional misdemeanor charge of possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance less than 4 ounces. After hearing from the deputy prosecuting attorney, who stated in court that the couple is part of a “sophisticated scheme” that’s going on in the Memphis and Southaven area, Boling set Hall’s bond at $250,000 cash/surety with a GPS ankle monitor and a no-contact order with the victim. Because he was armed, Boling set Jackson’s bond at $300,000 cash/surety with a GPS ankle monitor and a no-contact order. 00:00 - 1st officers Bodycam 01:28 - Fake Agent 05:50 - 2nd Officers Bodycam 13:30 - Fake Female Agent Questioning 21:29 - Real Agent Ask For Pin Code To Phone 22:08 - Fake Male Agent Questioning. follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lrhn_caash/ 😎 follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564018231627 😎 follow me on twitter https://x.com/LRHN_Cash ✨😎 follow me on tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@lrhncaash?_t=8fvtVaP3a9u&_r=1 😎✨ Follow me on twitch https://www.twitch.tv/lrhn_cash 🥶 Follow me on Snapchat https://snapchat.com/t/SbtgTt7z 😎 #lrhncash #LRHN