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A Queens couple received an unexpected visit on Christmas Eve after putting their four young children to bed. But instead of a joyous drop-in from Santa Claus, the two men at their door were in what appeared to be NYPD uniforms. And yet instead of taking care of official police business, the pair broke into the couple's home, tied up and pistol-whipped Robert Kapovic and then robbed his home while whispering to his wife things like, "Do you ever want to see your kids?" The happy ending to all this is that police were able to track down Nicholas Papaleo and Constantino Christo after Kapovic broke free once they left the almost four hour robbery and led police to them with his OnStar while tailing the burglars. Cops were able to recover all of the couple's loot along with the two bullet-resistant vests bearing the NYPD logo, two BB guns resembling NYPD-issue pistols and two authentic-looking badges. The News headline calls the pair "home-invading Grinches" and thankfully Queens DA Richard Brown clarifies, "They acted like the Grinch in the Dr. Seuss classic, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.'"
Robbing Thugs Try to Ruin Queens Family's Christmas
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not exactly NY news, but it's one more reason to hate hamas terrorists and the fascists in their mid
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Thankfully the family is ok, but i think the real issue here and main concern is where and how did they obtain two bullet-resistant vests bearing the NYPD logo, two BB guns resembling NYPD-issue pistols and two authentic-looking badges.
Also, is the new term bullet resistant and not bullet proof, Since there are "cop killin'" bullets on the street in regular use?
yeah, but they were more Jim Carrey than Boris Karloff
To your point number 1. Bullet resistant is the more precise term and it is increasingly common. A vest might stop a pistol bullet say a 9mm (cops typically have them) but not a rifle bullet, like a 5.56 (M-16 military usage is common). Speed the bullet travels, weight and shape are among the factors that determine the penetration of a bullet. So a vest is bullet proof with regard to some bullets but not all, thus resistant. I smell the meddling of a lawyer.
I don't remember the Grinch pistol whipping anybody....
Love dumb criminals.
The "joyous drop-in from Santa Claus" was out in Covina CA.