What started as an investigation into Triggiani's alleged threats to a state Department of Insurance agent led to charges of fraud - and so much more.

Cops raided Triggiani's Delaware County business and found 14 bags of heroin and a cache of weapons, including knives, grenades and more than 20 firearms, police said.

Police also found police badges and fake identification cards, including a "U.S. Embassy: Baghdad" card with his picture on it, said Delaware County District Attorney G. Michael Green.

"No explanation has been offered in respect to any of these badges," Green said.

The investigation into Triggiani started when state agent Carmen Cava called Triggiani Insurance Agency in Sharon Hill to speak with one of Triggiani's employees. Instead of getting a return call from the employee, police said that Cava received "a profanity-laced" call from Triggiani.

Cava said that Triggiani told him to become a "real cop that carries a gun and handcuffs" before telling Cava that he'd pay him a visit to "fix" him good, the affidavit said.

The real cops would come calling soon enough but not before police said that they discovered that Triggiani was defrauding his customers.

In one instance, a business owner paid Triggiani $1,335 for two policies that were never filed, police said.

Triggiani also collected fees for vehicle-title transfers that he was to pass on to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles but never did, state police said. So far, 62 victims have been identified as paying Triggiani a total of more than $3,000 that was never sent to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, police said.

Last night, authorities were still confirming the registration of Triggiani's guns before deciding whether to file firearms charges against him, Green said. While he declined to comment on the legality of Triggiani's guns, Green said that several of Triggiani's switch-blade knives were illegal.

Triggiani was charged with terroristic threats, possession of a controlled substance, theft, tampering with public records, forgery, insurance fraud and related crimes, and was remanded to the Delaware County Prison, unable to post bail. *