Yahoo! News - Police Charge Teens Dressed As Women: "Sun Nov 9,12:24 PM ET
NEW YORK - Five young men who police said dressed as women were arrested on charges that they impersonated police officers and robbed men in Greenwich Village, authorities said.
Police said the teenagers are implicated in six robberies between Oct. 5 and Nov. 6. They are accused of handcuffing men and taking their wallets, stealing amounts ranging from $85 to $1,200, police said.
In at least one case, the teenagers produced a 'police-like badge' before robbing a 33-year-old man, police said.
The five were arrested on Thursday after plainclothes officers with a description of the suspects in the string of robberies saw one of the teenagers and took him into custody.
Police said they were charging the teenagers with robbery and criminal impersonation. An investigation was continuing, said Detective Carolyn Chew, a police spokeswoman. "
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