Results tagged “robber”

Fake Police Officer Robs at least 4 People on the Streets

The LAPD is on the lookout for a man who impersonates a police officer and robs them. He's struck at least four times--twice in the Rampart area and once in Olympic and Pacific--over the last couple of months in various neighborhoods around the city. Usually operating in the late morning or early afternoon, he approaches victims dressed as a plain clothes police officer, complete with badge and gun. He'll search the victim and remove cash and wallets.

Last night, two men robbed the 52 Market in West LA on Santa Monica Blvd. leaving police few clues, if any at all. But it was only around 15 minutes when the two allegedly struck again in South LA. This time, their car was recognized and police connected it to one of the suspects who was on parole and under court order to wear a global positioning device. Well, that's easy--follow the signal. And so they did, soon arresting 29-year-old Chelminski Walker of Inglewood at a motel with a handgun and the car seen at the South LA robbery. Case. Closed.

Move over, Michael Jackson. An Orange County man has redefined the meaning of "crotch grabber."

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