Man pretended to be a cop on his dating profile, US cops say. Now he faces charges

The 47-year-old man is suspected of creating a “fraudulent, inappropriate, dangerous and distasteful dating account online,” in which he posed as a Gainesville Police Officer, according to the news release. — Dreamstime/TNS

Online dating can be hard. But posing as a cop is still a felony, Georgia police say.

A man from Cleveland, Georgia is accused of impersonating a police officer on an online dating website, Gainesville police wrote in a news release.