Slip and Fall Exposes Phony Federal Agent

Weston man had a fantasy of being 30 different types of federal agents

Daniel Cleary has fallen and he can't get up.

The 48-year-old Weston man was busted on federal charges of impersonating an FBI agent after he slipped in fell in his apartment in an apparent drunken stupor, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cleary's fall caused him to break a faucet in his bathroom, which set off a flood. When the property manager showed up at his door to help, Cleary opened the door with an FBI jacket on, holster and a pistol.

He told the maintenance man that he was an FBI agent, but the super called 911 after seeing over 30 fake badges from all branches of the government strewn across Cleary's water-soaked apartment.

Federal prosecutors said Cleary's phony inventory included counterfeit FBI credentials bearing his name and photograph, two counterfeit gold FBI badges and 28 other federal badges, including badges of the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Treasury, and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Someone has been watching too many Jason Bourne movies.

It's unclear what Cleary's real occupation is.

Police also found a locker with 26 guns an a thousand rounds of ammunition.

Cleary now faces three years behind bars for living out his fantasy of being a federal agent and six months for each fake badge he owned.

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