A man has been charged in connection with a prank in which three men posing as police officers stopped a teenage boy to question him about a fictitious robbery. The incident, which took place at night in Queens, New York, in July, was recorded on video camera and later appeared on the internet website YouTube.
Gazi Abura, 21, is being held pending arraignment on various charges, including impersonating a police officer and unlawful imprisonment. The men made the boy, 16, stand next to their car as they told him he matched the description of the suspect in a robbery that had just occurred. The video shows the boy complying with all the men’s requests and offering them his high school identification card.
The victim later heard from friends that the incident had been posted on the internet site for home-made films. Abura could face up to a year in jail and a $1,000 (£530) fine if convicted.
Maybe Merseyside Police could consider tracking down these guys.
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