A SALINAS MAN WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF IMPERSONATING A MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. 26 YEAR-OLD DEREK ROTH IS ACCUSED OF APPROACHING SEVERAL PEOPLE STATING HE WAS A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. ROTH WAS ARRESTED WHEN HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE A DEPUTY. THE WOMAN CALLED SALINAS POLICE WHEN ROTH FAILED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION. ROTH WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL AND HAS POSTED HIS 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.
