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  • Man who allegedly impersonated ICE agent to rob Philly auto shop will face federal charges

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    The man who allegedly posed as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to rob an auto repair shop in Northeast Philly has racked up two additional charges in federal court.

    Robert Rosado, 54, was apprehended by local authorities earlier this summer following the June 8 robbery of a mechanic shop in Mayfair. Identifying himself as an ICE agent, Rosado allegedly told employees he would be taking undocumented workers into custody and stole about $1,000 from the shop. He also zip-tied the hands of a woman on the premises before he left the scene in an unmarked white van, prosecutors said. 

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    Investigators later traced the car’s license plate information back to Rosado and connected him to two additional properties where they found a fake badge and zip ties.

    Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced six felony and six misdemeanor charges against Rosado at a news conference June 23. But the case has since graduated to the national stage. Federal prosecutors said Monday that the defendant will face additional charges of impersonating a federal officer and robbery interfering with interstate commerce. The crimes come with a maximum sentence of 23 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

    The investigation involved FBI agents with the bureau’s violent crimes task force in Philadelphia, as well as the Philadelphia Police Department. 

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  • Bronx man with toy flintlock pistol busted for impersonating a cop: NYPD

    Bronx man with toy flintlock pistol busted for impersonating a cop: NYPD

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    A man with a toy Revolutionary War-style flintlock pistol was arrested after he tried to pass himself off as a police officer at a Bronx train station, cops said Saturday.

    Gilbert Melendez, 65, was standing outside the St. Lawrence Ave. No. 6 subway station near Westchester Ave. in Soundview about 1 p.m. Thursday when cops spotted a collapsible baton used by law enforcement hanging from his pants pocket.

    When the officers stepped up to him and inquired about it, Melendez said he was a cop from “Washington City,” but had no credentials to prove that he was a police officer.

    Cops searched Melendez, finding the fake flintlock pistol in a holster in his pocket. He also had three police shields — all fake.

    “Don’t think the Bronx has seen a pistol like this since we fought the redcoats at Pell’s Point,” NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper tweeted Saturday, referring to the Oct. 1776 Bronx battle between the Continental Army and the British. “Nevertheless, this & an assortment of police ‘credentials’ & equipment is what Transit officers found on a man claiming to be a law enforcement official outside a Bronx subway station.”

    Melendez was charged with weapons possession for the baton and for criminal impersonation.

    He was released without bail following a brief arraignment at Bronx Criminal Court on Friday, according to court records.

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