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EXCLUSIVE Sag Harbor cop who didn’t recognize Justin Timberlake during DWI arrest is unmasked as rookie Michael Arkinson… and he’s been infuriating the Hamptons elite for months
The Gen Z cop who didn’t recognize Justin Timberlake when he pulled him over for allegedly drunk driving in Sag Harbor is a rookie officer who’s already made a name for himself in the ritzy Hamptons town despite joining the force just three months ago.
Officer Michael Arkinson, who turns 24 this month, pulled Timberlake over on Monday night after allegedly watching him blow a stop sign and swerve in the right lane.
In his reports, he talked about Timberlake being unsteady on his feet and refusing a breath test.
Hilariously, he’s so young he didn’t seem to know who Timberlake was.
Arkinson wasn’t even born when Timberlake became a member of the boy band N’Sync in 1995.
By 2001, Timberlake was a rising star due to the group’s signature hit, ‘Bye Bye Bye’; Arkinson, who is the son of an electrician and school teacher, was just one.
But in the three short months he’s been on the force, he’s already become known for his pull-over attempts, earning himself a nickname of ‘the Sag Harbor Nazi’ and a ‘little red-headed dips**t’ among the Hamptons’ wealthy residents.