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[FONT=Arial,sans-serif]Friday, September 22, 2006[/FONT][FONT=Arial,sans-serif]By Robert A. Baker [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif]Staff writer [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif]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. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] 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. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Here's his account of what happened Thursday morning: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The woman got in the car and the two went to a nearby parking lot to negotiate a price for sex. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] She asked the cop if he was a cop. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The officer said "no." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "That's OK, because I am," the woman told the officer as she pulled out handcuffs and a two-way radio. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The confused officer became downright bewildered when the woman barked a command into the radio: "Move in!" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The officer, concerned the woman was armed and looking to rob him, forced her from the car. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Moments later, officers who had been monitoring the situation arrived and grabbed the woman at a nearby intersection - with the radio and cuffs. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Who was on the other end of the radio? [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] To find out, a male officer pretending to be a female, used it: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "Hello?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "Where are you?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "Where are you?'' [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "At the base." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The base, it turned out, was an alley near the parking lot where police found a second woman waiting in a car. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "We believe these people were going to rob people or extort money," Connellan said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] He did not know if they had successfully used the scam in the past. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Lisa Greene, 31, of 119 W. Ostrander Ave., was charged with first-degree criminal impersonation, a felony, prostitution and fifth-degree conspiracy. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] 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.
[/FONT]The Post-Standard
Anyone else confused?
Could it have been a cop looking for something free?
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif]Staff writer [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif]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. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] 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. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Here's his account of what happened Thursday morning: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The woman got in the car and the two went to a nearby parking lot to negotiate a price for sex. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] She asked the cop if he was a cop. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The officer said "no." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "That's OK, because I am," the woman told the officer as she pulled out handcuffs and a two-way radio. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The confused officer became downright bewildered when the woman barked a command into the radio: "Move in!" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The officer, concerned the woman was armed and looking to rob him, forced her from the car. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Moments later, officers who had been monitoring the situation arrived and grabbed the woman at a nearby intersection - with the radio and cuffs. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Who was on the other end of the radio? [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] To find out, a male officer pretending to be a female, used it: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "Hello?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "Where are you?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "Where are you?'' [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "At the base." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The base, it turned out, was an alley near the parking lot where police found a second woman waiting in a car. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] "We believe these people were going to rob people or extort money," Connellan said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] He did not know if they had successfully used the scam in the past. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Lisa Greene, 31, of 119 W. Ostrander Ave., was charged with first-degree criminal impersonation, a felony, prostitution and fifth-degree conspiracy. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] 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.
[/FONT]The Post-Standard
Anyone else confused?
Could it have been a cop looking for something free?
