Columbia Police Investigators have identified a 43-year-old man accused of impersonating a law enforcement officer at two City of Columbia retail stores.
CPD has outstanding arrest warrants for Buddy Todd Mount (DOB: 3-14-1974). Once located and arrested, he will be charged with Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer and Shoplifting.
The warrants have been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
Mount should be considered armed and dangerous.
On June 17, 2017, Mount is accused of stealing several items, including a BB gun, holster and a knife from Academy Sports located at 237 Park Terrace Circle.
On the same day, about thirty minutes later at Gamestop, located at 1725 Broad River Road, Mount allegedly entered the store wearing a utility belt with a holstered canister of mace and handgun on his waist.
Mount is accused of presenting a police badge to an employee while identifying himself as a federal law enforcement officer. After the employee asked him to leave, Mount stated that he would return with an arrest warrant. It has not been reported that Mount returned to the store.
Citizens with information about Mount’s whereabouts are encouraged to contact Crimestoppers in any of the following ways:
CALL toll-free, 888-CRIME-SC.
TEXT to CRIMES (274637), and mark the beginning of the message with “TIPSC,” followed by the tip information.
LOG onto: www.midlandscrimestoppers.com, and click on the red “Submit a tip” tab.
