Man Pleads Guilty To Impersonating Federal Agent

ATLANTA (AP) -- An Alpharetta man has pleaded guilty to charges of impersonating a federal agent.

Louis Joseph Aprile entered the plea in federal district court
on Monday, admitting to pretending to be an agent of the National Security Agency.

The 49-year-old initiated meetings with local law enforcement
from May 19 to June 9 and repeatedly portrayed himself to be the deputy director of the National Security Agency.

He tried to convince officers he was from the National Security
Agency to organize an anti-terrorist task force, specifically
targeting some individuals whom he claimed were Iraqi terrorists about to engage in terrorist acts.

Aprile could receive a maximum sentence of three years in prison
and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for February 3.