The NYPD is searching for a suspect who impersonated a cop near the Queens Center mall late last month.
Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst reported that just before noon on Wednesday, Sept. 29, in the vicinity of 92-10 59th Ave., a 37-year-old woman was stopped at a red light when the suspect pulled up alongside her car in a dark-colored sedan.
The unidentified man displayed a shield and ordered the victim to pull into a nearby parking lot, police said. The woman complied and once inside the parking lot the suspect identified himself as a police officer and told the victim to give him money or she would be issued a ticket, according to the NYPD.
The woman handed over approximately $360 in cash and the man fled the scene in his dark-colored Hyundai Sonata.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect and his vehicle and described him as a light-skinned man between 45 and 55 years old who was last seen wearing a multi-colored shirt, dark-colored shorts and a baseball cap.
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No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the suspects is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.