Did the guy volunteer for that? "Hey, we need someone to pretend to be a woman." "I'll do it!"
Posted on 09/22/2006 10:55:47 AM PDT by Cagey
A sting was nearly stung Thursday when a Syracuse police officer pretending to be a john met a suspected prostitute pretending to be a police officer.
It began when a male undercover officer was flagged down in the 100 block of Lodi Street by a female on the street, said Sgt. Tom Connellan, a Syracuse police spokesman.
Here's his account of what happened Thursday morning:
The woman got in the car and the two went to a nearby parking lot to negotiate a price for sex.
She asked the cop if he was a cop.
The officer said "no."
"That's OK, because I am," the woman told the officer as she pulled out handcuffs and a two-way radio.
The confused officer became downright bewildered when the woman barked a command into the radio: "Move in!"
The officer, concerned the woman was armed and looking to rob him, forced her from the car.
Moments later, officers who had been monitoring the situation arrived and grabbed the woman at a nearby intersection - with the radio and cuffs.
Who was on the other end of the radio?
To find out, a male officer pretending to be a female, used it:
"Hello?"
"Where are you?"
"Where are you?''
"At the base."
The base, it turned out, was an alley near the parking lot where police found a second woman waiting in a car.
"We believe these people were going to rob people or extort money," Connellan said.
He did not know if they had successfully used the scam in the past.
Lisa Greene, 31, of 119 W. Ostrander Ave., was charged with first-degree criminal impersonation, a felony, prostitution and fifth-degree conspiracy.
Elena Irwin, 20, of 1812 Valley Drive, identified as the woman waiting in the car, was charged with fifth-degree conspiracy and possession of a hypodermic needle.
It is the kind of thing that juries frown upon (and makes them favor a defendent) but may be more of an urban legend that law enforcement officers ever hold to it.
She pretended to be a cop so she could rip off the man, not knowing that he really was a cop.
Did the guy volunteer for that? "Hey, we need someone to pretend to be a woman." "I'll do it!"
Jaywalking. And down at the station they all edge away from you on the bench.
I have always wondered if this could happen to two undercover officers, I guess this is the closest we are going to get.
Undercover Cop 1: You're under arrest.
Undercover Cop 2: No, you are.
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