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The Los Angeles Times has the story of a key aide of California Attorney General Kamala Harris who was arrested for impersonating a police officer. He apparently was leader of a group which could have originated in the entertainingly paranoid fever swamps of Da Vinci Code novelist Dan Brown's imagination.

Brandon Kiel, David Henry and Tonette Hayes were arrested last week on suspicion of impersonating a police officer through their roles in the Masonic Fraternal Police Department, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Following an investigation, officials said, sheriff’s investigators searched two sites in Santa Clarita and found badges, weapons, uniforms and law enforcement paraphernalia.

In addition to the accusation of impersonating an officer, investigators also allege Henry committed perjury under oath. Kiel is accused of misusing his government identification.

People love spinning conspiracies around the Masons and the Knights Templar, it's a thing. However, this is just too weird, you can't make this stuff up.

Mug shots accompanying the above story show all three arrested to be African-American. Multiracial Attorney General Kamala Harris, for whom Kiel works, has announced she is running for the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat now held by Barbara Boxer (D-CA).