Cop, Pretending To Be A John, Meets Hooker, Pretending To Be A Cop

[matcom]

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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.

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[Initech]

1. Gives new meaning to the phrase "what goes around comes around"