Crime & Safety
Man Pretends To Be Police Officer In Washington Heights Robbery
The NYPD is looking for a man who impersonated a police officer before robbing a 75-year-old in Washington Heights.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The NYPD is looking for a man who pretended to be a police officer before robbing a 75-year-old in Washington Heights.
The robbery happened on Jan. 8 at 9:15 a.m. near a building at 3959 Broadway, between 165th and 166th Street, according to police.
The deceptive robber approached the 75-year-old man and told him that he was a police offer and to "hand over the drugs," according to the NYPD.
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The fake officer then reached into the older adult's back pocket and removed $600 in cash, police said.
Police released a photo Thursday of a man wanted in connection to the incident.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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