NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The real cops are looking for a couple of fake cops who are wanted for several robberies in Manhattan and the Bronx.
The NYPD says the first incident happened on Dyckman Street in Inwood on November 24, when the men approached their victim, displayed a badge, and stole the man's bag containing jewelry and electronics.
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In similar robberies over the course of the next week, the men targeted a woman for her bag, cash, credit card, and cell phone on East 138th Street, and another man on Zerega Ave and Butler Place who gave up his wallet and an envelope containing $7,000.
Cops want to talk to a Hispanic man between 30 and 40-years-old, he's 5'9" and was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
