UPDATE:
People in Amsterdam were almost speechless, over what Walter Wintjen, 51, is accused of: 82 arrests in 13 states.
"Eighty-two? I think he broke a record," said Evaristo Valentine, from Amsterdam.
"Nobody's doing anything about it?" Said Rebecca Dion, from Amsterdam.
"That's very scary," said Joe Jozefowick, from New York City.
Amsterdam Police say the 82nd arrest happened Sunday night, when they were called to State Highway 5S for a man walking in the road. When they showed up police say Wintjen took off and ran to a nearby parking lot where he took a seat with three Mexican men who were sitting outside.
"When police went over to talk to him he identified himself as a federal police officer working for ICE. Most officers know ICE means Immigration Customs Enforcement," said Sgt. Kurt Conroy, with the Amsterdam Police Department.
When Wintjen couldn't produce ID, police took him in and looked him up.
"He's not a police officer, and he's done this before in other areas too," said Sgt. Conroy.
"I think he should be behind bars," said Valentine.
But he is not, after scheduling a court date and being released Monday morning. He faces disorderly conduct, a violation and criminal impersonation of an officer, a misdemeanor.
"My kids are two and four, I'd hate to think someone's not doing their job," said Dion.
"There are a lot of things that can be done and it's embarrassing to the system what happened," said Attorney Arnold Proskin, a former DA and judge.
Police say Wintjen's previous crimes are minor and come with minimal jail time. But Proskin says that there are other avenues a judge could take.
"I would think they'd give him three years probation, say that he must do it in a facility and if he doesn't finish in the facility, he apparently needs help, then he'd go to jail for a year," said Proskin.
