Woman uses Web site to impersonate cop

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) - A Web site is now making it easy for people to impersonate your bank, your family or police.

Brittany Mueller, 22, of Cedar Park is accused of pretending to be a cop and disguising her voice and phone number to try to lure her ex-boyfriend from his home, all using an easy-to-access, cheap Web site.

The victim claims that between 7 and 9 p.m. on Sunday, his ex-girlfriend, Mueller, called him six times. Every time, the caller ID said Mueller was calling from Cedar Park Police Department. He said she electronically-disguised her voice to sound like a man and claimed to be “Officer Jonathan Hancock.”

He called the Cedar Park Police Department once the calls started. They said they did not have an Officer Hancock. When the victim accused Mueller, police went to his house to investigate. When Mueller called again, police recorded the call on speakerphone.

Police said she tried to lure her ex-boyfriend to her apartment off of Parmer Lane, telling him she was "Officer Jonathan Hancock" with Cedar Park Police and needed to interview him. Police do not know what she intended to do once he got there.

Mueller is now facing up to 10 years in the prison for impersonating a public servant.

This was the first case of its type for Cedar Park Police, who say the Internet is opening a virtual can of worms.

"There are different Web sites and software that allow people to disguise their phone numbers and voices and record phone conversations, which is really making things difficult on law enforcement," said Mike Harmon with the Cedar Park Police Department.

Many people are wondering about the usefulness of this site.

"It's not illegal, if you want to call a friend,” said Harmon.

This accusation makes Mueller's next-door neighbor, Sandy Kelso, worry about what else people could do with the technology.

"That's scary I have all kinds of people calling me, said Kelso. “I hope they are telling the truth."