Cop Impersonator In Queens Searches Man But Takes Nothing: NYPD

CORONA, QUEENS -- Lack of a uniform, badge or police car didn't keep one man from trying to disguise himself as a cop in what police say was an attempt to rob a man walking down a Queens street.

Instead, the man dressed in all black clothing and pulled up in a tan minivan on Jan. 18 when he stopped a 23-year-old man in Corona at around 2 a.m. He told the man, who'd been walking near 103rd Street and Corona, that he was a police officer, cops said.

Cops said he then searched the man's pockets, took nothing and left.

In an attempt to find the wannabe copper, the NYPD released surveillance footage of the bizarre incident on Wednesday. Police described the man as around 6-foot-2 and weighing about 300 pounds. He was estimated to be 20-30 years old.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Lead photo via Patch. Lead video via NYPD.