Another way to get into trouble on Facebook. Man charged for claiming he was a Waterloo, Iowa firefighter who made a river rescue.

This guy didn't buy a badge, a helmet or flashing lights for his car in an effort to pretend he was a firefighter. Police say all Austin Lee Reding needed was access to the Internet and a keyboard.

The 20-year-old Reding has been charged by police in Waterloo, Iowa with impersonating a public official after posting on the Facebook page of a local radio station that he was a firefighter involved in a recent rescue.

The rescue occurred Wednesday after a man jumped into the Cedar River during a police chase. Here's more from KCRG-TV:

Police say Reding posted several comments Wednesday on the Facebook page for public radio station, KCRR, claiming he had been a Waterloo firefighter and paramedic for two years. In the posts, Reding also said he was the paramedic who pulled a man from the Cedar River following a police chase that day.

Police contacted the fire department and confirmed that Reding was not a firefighter. Police say Reding admitted to posting the comments.

Firegeezer is also on the Facebook trouble beat today. Click here for Bill's story.