A covert HVAC contractor masquerading as a CIA agent found his cover blown on Wednesday when a Florida State Highway Patrol trooper saw he had activated the fake red and blue flashing lights mounted on his Ford F-150 and pulled him over on Wednesday, the Independent reports.
It’s not clear how long 61 year-old registered Republican Jorge Alberto Alfonso had been working undercover as a CIA agent or whether any actual personnel with the feared intelligence agency had been duped by the HVAC contractor, let alone ever even been in contact with him. The same goes for the US Diplomatic Security Service, Interpol, and the British MI-6 – agencies which Alfonso was found to be possessing various documents, patches, etc falsely identifying him as in service to.
The traffic stop, initiated after the trooper observed the lights on and a woman in the front passenger seat “waving her arms, appearing upset or distressed,” really went south for Alfonso when he “identified himself as a federal agent, providing a CIA Counter Terrorism Unit ID, a CIA emblem coin in a badge wallet, and an MI-6 [sic] ID,” according to the arrest report. Asked for his affiliation, Alfonso demonstrated the talent for deception and resistance to interrogation HVAC officials are known for, simply saying “federal.” The trooper then placed Alfonso under arrest.
A search of the vehicle at least a half-dozen firearms, assorted passports, including blank ones, federal agency badges, bulletproof vests, money, jewelry, and pills in unmarked bottles, according to the police report. Alfonso was booked on felony false personation of a law enforcement officer and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He hasn’t posted bond yet and remains in Collier County Jail pending a hearing on January 30th, unless maybe he uses his HVAC skills to find a duct wide enough for him to crawl out and escape from the joint.