July 7, 2011 11:51 PM 
 
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 WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — Wilkinsburg police believe they’ve captured the man who posed as a police officer and tried to sexually assault a woman. 
 
 According to court papers, Derrin Farmer, of North Versailles, was arrested after a woman in the Walmart parking lot in North Versailles recognized him from a composite sketch that had been shown on television. 
 
 The woman flagged down an officer and later on, the alleged victim in the case identified Farmer as the man who pulled her over, according court papers. 
 
 Farmer, however, says he’s innocent, that he’s the wrong guy and that the real culprit is still out there and could do it again. 
 
 He maintains he did not dress up as a police officer and did not touch the alleged victim. 
 
 The woman says she was pulled over on Ross Avenue in Wilkinsburg last week by an SUV with flashing lights on the dashboard. 
 
 She claims a man dressed in a police uniform, complete with a gun, asked her to get out of her car, but when he used profanity she got suspicious. That’s when she says he pulled her out of the car and pressed her up against it, trying to sexually assault her. 
 
 She says a passing car distracted the man and that’s when she kicked and punched him to get away. 
 
 Wilkinsburg police are asking anyone else with a similar story to please give them a call. 
 
 Police searched Farmer’s home, but won’t say what – if anything – they found. 
 
 According to court papers, Farmer allegedly claimed to be a retired Duquesne police officer, but police could not find any record of him ever being a police officer in Pennsylvania. 
 
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 Satellite technology helped investigators find Darrin Farmer in Swissvale shortly before noon. Sheriff's deputies said he was driving his wife's car with two passengers who claimed they paid him for a jitney ride from Edgewood Towne Centre. 
 
 "Deputies recovered a case that contained all of the missing voting equipment and materials, which consisted of electronic PB devices, special ballots, absentee ballots, and books and binders of the precinct registered voters," the sheriff's office said. "Farmer was taken into custody and the other two adults were released from the scene." 
 
 Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus said he was familiar with Farmer due to previous incidents. He did not elaborate, and referred any work-related questions about Farmer to the county Board of Elections. 
 
 Voting at the North Versailles Township Senior Center on Greensburg Pike was delayed for about three hours Tuesday because Farmer failed to show up with the voting equipment, the sheriff's office said. 
 
 Farmer's wife told police that he dropped her off at Walmart on Route 30 shortly before 6:30 a.m., and she went in to buy ice and drinks for volunteers at the polling place, but Farmer drove away and never came back, leaving her at the store. 
 
 "Detectives continued the investigation and determined Farmer left his wife at the Walmart, and then decided to work as a jitney driver collecting money for fares throughout the day," the sheriff's office said. "He admitted he never went to the voting precinct after leaving the Walmart." 
 
 Elections judges are paid at least $125 to work on Election Day. Duties include setting up and maintaining voting equipment and overseeing operations at their polling place. 
 
 Farmer was being held Tuesday evening at the Allegheny County Jail, awaiting arraignment on charges of tampering with public records, obstructing a government function, failure to perform duty and hindering or delaying performance of duty. 
 
 
 

– A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday when he allegedly decided to skip out on his duties as an election judge and instead earn some extra cash by giving people rides, the AP reports. According to WTAE, 55-year-old Darrin Farmer was paid at least $125 to set up voting equipment and oversee voting on Election Day at the North Versailles Township Senior Center polling place. Instead, he allegedly dropped his wife at Walmart to get drinks for volunteers and took off. WTAE reports the Allegheny County sheriff's office arrested Farmer later that day. He was driving his wife's car and had two passengers who claimed they paid Farmer to give them a ride. Also inside the car, according to the sheriff's office: ballots, lists of registered voters, and other voting equipment. The AP reports Farmer's polling place had to open three hours late because those materials weren't there. Farmer has been charged with tampering with public records and obstructing a government function. According to CBS Pittsburgh, he was also arrested in 2011 on suspicion of impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting a woman.