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Man, 22, charged with using blue lights to stop a vehicle

Rodrigo Barrera-Lozada

Henderson County sheriff’s detectives on Tuesday charged a 22-year-old man with impersonating a law enforcement officer and operating blue lights to cause stop or yield the right of way, the sheriff's office said, advising that here may be additional victims in the Western North Carolina area.

The suspect, Rodrigo Barrera-Lozada, is known to operate a dark in color Hyundai Elantra with functioning emergency lights. He was being held on Wednesday in the Henderson County Detention Center under an $8,000 bond.
Anyone with additional information relating to this investigation is encouraged to contact the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Unit at 828-694-3130 or use “submit a tip” feature available on the mobile app.