Crime & Safety
Man Posing as Police Officer Robs Man at Gunpoint
The suspect was allegedly wearing a security guard uniform.
A man posing as a police officer took another man's wallet at gunpoint Monday morning, officials said.
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The alleged victim was getting something out of the trunk of his car at 8954 Rio San Diego Dr. just before 9 a.m. Monday when the suspect, in a security guard uniform, identified himself as a police officer and pointed a handgun at the man, according to a San Diego Police Department report.
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The suspect took the man's wallet and other personal property, then fled in a four-door vehicle. He is described as a 35- to 40-year-old Hispanic man in a blue-gray uniform with a badge on the shirt.
The incident is under investigation.
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