Clifton/Garfield PD: Two Caught In Police Impersonator 'Prostitution' Raids
CLIFTON, N.J. -- Three men posting as police officers had been ransacking hotel rooms in New Jersey, claiming they were conducting prostitution raids, until Clifton and Garfield police teamed up to find and bust them.
Using the ruse, two of them entered the hotel room of a 35-year-old hotel guest at the Clifton Howard Johnson on Route 3, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said.
While one guarded the victim, the other robber grabbed cash, electronics and the keys to the woman's car, he said.
Over the next several weeks, Bracken said, detectives spoke with their colleagues in other towns and the F…
