Cross-Dressing Men Rob Victim Answering Upper Merion Personal Ad, Reports Say

Editor’s note: a previous version of this story appeared in the Norristown Patch on October 1.

Two men dressed as women robbed a man of $120 at the Comfort Inn on 55 West DeKalb Pike, according to a Times Herald report.

At about 1:10 a.m. on September 20, the victim set up a rendezvous with someone at the hotel after answering a personal ad on Backpage.com, the report states.

When he arrived on the scene, he encountered the two cross-dressers, who promptly stole $120 from his wallet, according to the report.

Further details, including precisely how the theft occurred, were not readily apparent.