Speeding driver arrested after flashing cops with fake police lights

Franklin Lopez Alas was driving a maroon 2012 Mercedes Benz C250 with after-market red and blue strobe lights attached to the front grille on the eastbound 210 Freeway, a news release by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said. At one point, he drove up behind an off-duty El Monte police detective in an unmarked vehicle. Well…when you ...