Elderly exploitation, law officer impersonation charges facing Dothan man

by Michelle Mann

A Dothan man is in Houston County Jail charged with first-degree financial exploitation of the elderly and impersonation of a police officer.

Kendrale Lafayette Magwood, 37, was arrested by Dothan Police Department Narcotics Investigators Monday, DPD Public Information Officer Lt. Scott Owens said.

"Investigators say Magwood, posing as a law enforcement officer, used a ruse to convince the victim to buy narcotics from various sources over the course of two months," Owens said. "After receiving information about Magwood, DPD investigators used their own ruse to apprehend Magwood without incident."

Owens said that on Dec. 5, the victim reported to police that he had been used by a law enforcement officers as an informant to buy suspected narcotics for nearly two months. "The victim said he had been made to purchase the 'narcotics' with his own money even though the substances turned out to be imitation controlled substances," Owens said. "The victim had been made to believe he would receive leniency on a previous criminal charge."

Owens said DPD investigators waited for Magwood to set up another “operation” and took him into custody. "Evidence confirming Magwood posed as a law enforcement officer was found in his possession," Owens said. 

Magwood is in the Houston County Jail in Dothan with no bond.

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