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85-Year-Old Berliner Convicts Fake Police Officer

Summary by Berliner-sonntagsblatt.de
An 85-year-old Berlin woman has exposed a fake police officer. The man was arrested by police on Tuesday morning following a tip from the elderly woman. The man had called the 85-year-old and pretended to be a police officer, according to police reports. He claimed that there was currently an increased crime rate in the neighborhood and that the 85-year-old should not leave the house. She, too, could become a victim of crime, so the claim went. …
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An 85-year-old Berlin woman has exposed a fake police officer. The man was arrested by police on Tuesday morning following a tip from the elderly woman. The man had called the 85-year-old and pretended to be a police officer, according to police reports. He claimed that there was currently an increased crime rate in the neighborhood and that the 85-year-old should not leave the house. She, too, could become a victim of crime, so the claim went. …

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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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