VIDEO/PHOTOS: Police and federal agents raided a Brentwood home Wednesday afternoon and seized, among other evidence, a fire truck that may be tied to a Chino Hills man who was arrested nearly two years ago for impersonating a law enforcement officer and creating a fictional fire department. The Los Angeles Police Departmentโs Major Crimes Division confirmed to KTLA that they, along with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, executed a search warrant at a Brentwood home in the 100 block of South Rockingham. Officials would only say that a person at the residence was arrested on charges related to firearms violations, government fraud and impersonating a first responder.
One of the items taken from the Brentwood home and impounded at a Wilmington tow yard was a fire truck registered to the Santa Muerte Fire Department. The Santa Muerte Fire Department and law enforcement arson investigative unit, which does not actually exist, despite a website claiming it does, came up in a July 2023 investigation in San Bernardino County. During that incident, a Chino Hills man identified as then 42-year-old Andrew De Boer, was caught on surveillance cameras dressed in a fake uniform, armed with a gun, baton, pepper spray and a Santa Muerte badge, illegally conducting a traffic stop. De Boerโs vehicle, a white Ford F-350 truck, was equipped with California-exempt license plates, fire department decals and emergency lights.
