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A rendering of the suspect police say they're looking for in a series of attacks on the elderly in Miami.
Miami Police say they are looking for a “violent police impersonator” who identifies himself as a police officer to his elderly victims, then demands their ID and robs them.
Police say the man pretending to be an officer wears a black shirt that reads “police” and flashes a badge at his unsuspecting victims in their 70s and 80s as they walk in Little Havana.
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He asks his victims, like Enrique Campos, to give him all their money and identification, sometimes saying he’s with immigration and needs their documents. When the victim hesitates he beats them, as he did Campos, the 78-year-old man said.
There have been seven incidents of robberies and confrontations involving a police impersonator with a similar vehicle and MO since March 6, police said.
Rafael Acsina said he was barely 30 feet from his front door one recent night when a man pretending to be a police officer – who wore a shirt that said "police" on the front and carried a gun – drove up and accused him of having drugs.
"He said you have to come with me in my car," said Acsina, who at 46 is the only victim younger than his 70s.
Then the man got out of his car and started to frisk him as though he were going to arrest him – but really he was grabbing his belongings out of his pockets, Acsina said.
In one case, the suspect briefly kidnapped a victim, police said.
Miami Police spokesman Sgt. Freddie Cruz said the suspect stopped that victim as he was driving, got his information, and “then made the victim get in his car and told him he was going to take him to jail. Several blocks later, after driving, he dropped the victim off. We don’t know what his intentions were, but this is a concern to us.”
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Police say they are looking for a white Latin man who is between 25 and 35 years old, is between 5 feet 10 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall, weights 190 to 200 pounds, has short hair, and has tattoos on both arms.
He possibly drives a black four-door Ford Taurus with tinted windows and is considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Police ask anyone with information to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
Acsina said the man who accosted him was drunk, and that once he realized he was not a real police officer he managed to escape unharmed. But the experience terrified him and is something he will never forget, he said.
"I didn’t expect that somebody would try to kill me with a gun," he said.
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Now this story really scares me.....if he's stealing ID's also I would be worried about him victimizing these people again. He now has their address and information. I hope they find this guy soon!
There's a tough guy for you. Preying on the elderly.
An outreach fund raising event by a community organizer?
Bill, it's a capitalist funding event, that's all. See, defliction does work. Good thing Karl had that in his book, right?
SallyAnn, What is defliction? Does anyone understand what you are trying to convey?
A white Latin man? Seriously? It is coming to this now, all Latino's will now be described as White Latino's? Just like a hoodie is now a hooded sweatshirt and an illegal immigrant is an undocumented immigrant. Unbelievable. Much more of this and I am going to go hide in a cave and wait for the end.
::sigh::
"Latino" and/or "Hispanic" are ethnicities, not races. Established, recognized races on any government form are: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. So calling someone a "white latino" is 100% accurate.
See here: http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf181.pdf
Ya I'm still waiting for the liberal left media to start calling our president a half white half black president. Go figure that one.
As a mixed race person I am sick and tired of our "race" being lumped into one group or an other, I now check other on all paperwork and write in HUMAN when asked race.
Or as the other pages define it.
http://www.opm.gov/feddata/gp59/cpdf/raceorigin.pdf
or
http://www.opm.gov/feddata/gp59/cpdf/raceorigin.pdf
C Black, not of Hispanic origin. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Does not include people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish cultures or origins (see Hispanic). (This code must not be used for employees in Puerto Rico.)
D Hispanic. A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish cultures or origins. Does not include people of Portuguese culture or origin.
E White, not of Hispanic origin. A person having origins in any of the original people of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. Does not include people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish cultures or origins (see Hispanic). Also includes people not included in other categories. (This code must not be used for employees in Puerto Rico.)
Also from the same source WMG-21 referenced.
--------------Amazing, a Hispanic committing crimes in Miami---------------
white hispanic: Martin Sheen, Cameron Diaz
black hispanic: David Ortiz, Tito Trinidad
I live in S Fl for two years and was startled by the attitude of much of the population there. I never saw a more vain, materialistic and selfish world than down there. This guy more than likely will not go quietly, perhaps the police should prepare a body bag for him.
Eventually, he will accost the wrong people. Either police in plainclothes working to get him, or an armed citizen willing to take him on.
Either way, the outcome doesn't look promising for him.
Exactly Glock 9 stand your ground. Bang problem solved.
Ban handguns.
Quite attractive, too. Too bad he didn't choose a better route for his life - could have been a winner.
Skin deep.
Sounds like a real cop to me.