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GODFREY, Ill. (AP) - A serial impersonator of law enforcement officials and others has been arrested again - this time for posing as an appliance repairman.

James A. Ross, 23, has served time in jail for false impersonation of a police officer and again for posing as a paramedic. He also has been charged with posing as a firefighter and a mortician.

On Sunday, he was arrested for posing as an appliance repairman at the Woodbury Manor apartment complex. Ross approached two women sitting on a back porch and asked them if any of their appliances needed repair work.

"We're obviously concerned about Mr. Ross and why he can't seem to stop this type of activity," Madison County Sheriff's Lt. John Lakin said Tuesday.

Ross was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, which carries a maximum sentence of a year in jail, police said. He was released after posting $100 bond.
In October, Ross reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on a charge of making a false report of a murder, officials said. He received a two-year prison sentence, but was released on parole March 24.

It was not immediately clear if Ross had an attorney. A telephone listing for Ross in Godfrey could not be found.
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