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Police arrest students at New York gay high school NEW YORK, Saturday (Reuters) Five boys who attend a New York high school for gay and lesbian students are accused of dressing as female prostitutes and robbing unsuspecting customers, police said on Friday. Dressed as women, the five approached men seeking prostitutes in Manhattan's West Village, a popular spot for the illicit sex trade. They then posed as undercover police as they stripped their victims of their wallets, credit cards, bank cards and cash, police said. The youths, all aged 17 except for one 16-year-old, are charged with robbery and criminal impersonation of a police officer and will be charged as adults, police said. Wearing wigs, earrings and makeup, the youths robbed five men, flashing phony police badges and handcuffing their victims, police said. "You couldn't put this in a book. Nobody would believe it," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a weekly radio appearance. The teens attend the city's Harvey Milk high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, police said. They are suspected of committing other robberies as well, and police are asking other possible victims to come forward. |
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