Man impersonating law enforcement zip-ties woman, steals $1,000 from Mayfair business
The robbery occurred Sunday afternoon at a business on the 6400 block of Harbison Avenue, police said.
A man impersonating law enforcement zip-tied a 50-year-old woman and stole about $1,000 from a business in the city’s Mayfair section, police said Monday.
Around 2:10 p.m. Sunday, a man wearing a black tactical vest with the words “Security Enforcement Agent” entered the business on the 6400 block of Harbison Avenue and zip-tied the victim, police said.
The man took the money and then fled north on Harbison in a white Ford E-250 van with tinted windows, no window in the back, padlocks on the rear and passenger-side cargo doors, and red dashes along the sides, police said.
The man was also wearing a black baseball cap with a U.S. flag on the front, black sunglasses, a black long-sleeve shirt, gloves, and dark green cargo pants, police said.
Police urged anyone with information about the robbery to contact Northeast Detectives at 215-685-3153. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the police tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).