Police arrest man who allegedly impersonated ICE officer and zip-tied woman during business robbery in Mayfair
Robert Rosado, 54, of the city's Lawndale section, allegedly stole approximately $1,000 from the auto-repair shop on June 8.
A 54-year-old man was arrested and charged with impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after he allegedly zip-tied a 50-year-old woman and stole at least $1,000 from a business in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia earlier this month, police said Wednesday.
Robert Rosado, of the 6800 block of Bingham Street in Lawndale, was also charged with robbery, firearms violations, theft by deception, and related offenses, police said.
Around 2:10 p.m. on June 8, a man wearing a black tactical vest with the words “Security Enforcement Agent” entered the auto-repair business on the 6400 block of Harbison Avenue and zip-tied the victim, police said.
The man took the money from the shop, which is located next to the 15th District police headquarters, and then fled north on Harbison in a distinctive white Ford E-250 van, police said.
Capt. Jack Ryan, commanding officer of Northeast Detectives, confirmed on Wednesday that the man yelled “immigration” and presented himself as an officer from ICE.
The FBI Philadelphia Violent Crimes Task Force arrested Rosado, Ryan said.