Man allegedly impersonated a police officer while boarding a TTC bus
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Police are searching for a man who allegedly identified himself as a police officer, wearing a vest with a City of Toronto logo on it, as he boarded a TTC bus earlier this month.
It happened on Feb. 7, at around 5:15 p.m., in the area of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue West, located near Sheppard-Yonge Station.
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Toronto police said the suspect verbally identified themselves as an officer, but when the bus driver asked for identification, he refused to show any kind.
Officers describe the suspect as a five-foot-nine man between the ages of 20 and 30 years old with a black moustache. At the time, he wore a blue jacket, green sweater, green pants, white framed sunglasses, a brown and white baseball hat and a black balaclava.
Police said he was also wearing a black vest with a City of Toronto logo and had a Toronto police business card tucked into it.
Police are asking anyone with information to call them at 416-808-3200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
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