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TEXARKANA, Tx. -

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a man accused of impersonating a police officer and pulling over women in the Texarkana area.
   Judge Ralph Burgess granted a request Monday from Jeremi Matthew Blake's defense attorney for the mental examination. Blake faces two counts of impersonating a police officer in Bowie County.
   He remains jailed on $2 million bail.
   The Texarkana Gazette reports that Blake's attorney, Derric McFarland, says the evaluation is necessary because Blake had suffered a previous head injury.
   Blake also faces charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and impersonating a police officer in Miller County, Ark. There, authorities claim that Blake used a flashing blue light to pull over a woman before allegedly sexually assaulting her.
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   Information from: Texarkana Gazette, http://www.texarkanagazette.com