Uber and a 'US Marshal'

David Stanley Hubbard has issues.

Severe issues.

The 58-year-old Goose Creek, South Carolina man was recently in court...for a second time...on charges of impersonating a law enforcement officer. To be exact, for impersonating a United States Marshal.

The first incident occurred about a month ago when, while operating his 2007 Honda Pilot in the capacity of an Uber driver in Charleston, Hubbard told several riders that he was, in fact, a US Marshal.

"He pulled out this Marshal badge out of his center console", passenger Chris Boldt said. "He turned on the lights and sirens, did a u-turn to grab a parking spot." That wasn't all he showed them, either; Boldt said Hubbard carried handcuffs and a handgun. "He put them ( cuffs ) on my friend and we took pictures", she stated. Hubbard then withdrew a semi-automatic pistol from his car to display, complete with two extra magazines of ammo.

When Hubbard started telling the women stories of killing people and chasing murderers as he transported them to the Folly Beach area, they became suspicious and jumped out of his car while stopped at a red light. Boldt and her friends notified police, who stopped Hubbard and found his firearm and Marshal accoutrements, including a plug-in, magnetic blue strobe light. Hubbard was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and carrying a concealed weapon, among other charges. He was released on bond.

My thought was, wouldn't the fact that someone claiming to be a Marshal, while operating a 2007 Honda Pilot and working in the capacity of transporting people under the Uber title, be enough to trip the alarms in the first place?

The second incident occurred a week or so later, when Hubbard was stopped for making an improper lane change in Charleston. As he was being cited, Hubbard told the officer "that, as a US Marshal", he didn't take his driving lightly. As the issuing officer walked away, Hubbard stated "Thanks for citing a fellow officer!". He was charged, again, for impersonating a law enforcement officer after the issuing officer checked with the local US Marshal's office and discovered that Hubbard was not, and never has been, a member of that agency.

The crazies are out there, folks.

                                                           David Stanley Hubbard