Police impersonators carry out string of robberies

[Jenna]

As the three men rifled through his pockets and upended beds in his Southeast Baltimore home, Moises Pacheco says he spotted a small detail that made him begin to suspect the intruders were not the police officers they claimed to be.

One of the men had a walkie-talkie, and it looked like a children's toy, said Pacheco, a native of Ecuador who has lived in Baltimore for the past eight years and speaks limited English. After the men found $1,800 in his wallet — money he says he planned to use to purchase a car — they took off running.

More here: Police impersonators: String of robberies in Baltimore committed by people posing as plainclothes officers - baltimoresun.com

[Jks9199]

Unfortunately, we've seen several instances along these lines in the MD/DC/VA area lately. There was a guy using fake creds to commit sexual assaults; he's been arrested. And there have been several home invasion type robberies where the crooks dressed like cops.