Crime & Safety
Men Dressed As Women Pull Off Upper Merion Hotel Robbery: Report
The victim had set up a rendezvous through a personal ad on Backpage.com.

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