Victor Willis, the original policeman in the 1970s disco band the Village People, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to drug possession and giving false identification to a police officer. His arrest Sunday ended a five-month search for the former hitmaker.

Yes, Village People commune, he was on the run for parole violation. He was arrested last year for coccaine possession and agreed to a plea bargain that would have resulted in a prison term of no more than 16 months, but he bolted out and never showed up for sentencing.

So the fake cop went into hiding. However, real cops could smell a fake cop from a mile away. And there he was stopped while driving by the streets of San Francisco. Now he’s facing up to five years in prison for pissing off the authorities he once sought to emulate.

Macho, macho man he may be but he’s no match against the real men in uniform now about to kick his ass inside his jail cell.

Fans and haters alike have mixed opinions. Some applauding his imminent incarceration. Some disappointed at how his promising career, not solely as an impresonator, spiraled down the drain.

Those who care enough to remember know that he was cast off the Village because of his uncontrollable drug habit, which also resulted to a breakdown of his marriage to actress Phylicia Rashad. You read it right, the famous Mrs. Huxtable from that famous Cosby Show fell for this guy.

Well, playing cops and offenders can heat up the sex, no doubt ’bout that. So don’t go mocking Mrs. Huxtable about it now.