Crime

Is Cross-Dressing Banditry Taking the Crime World by Storm?

Perhaps we’re reading a bit too much into some recent crimes that have been committed by men in drag, but it seems like cross-dressing banditry is on the rise.

Manhattan, New York City, is the latest community to be “terrorized” by con men in dresses. According to the NYPD, on Thursday, two guys wearing women’s clothing and wigs, robbed a high-end store. The New York Post describes the incident as follows:

Two plus-sized transvestites shoplifted…from a boutique on the Lower East Side Thursday, despite having the full attention of the gawking shop staff.

One…was dressed in a bright orange argyle sweater, with huge glasses and a silver wig.

“Almost like a Halloween costume,” said designer Ashley Turen, who owns the A. Turen store at 85 Stanton St.

Below, watch security footage of the incident:

Police claim that the bandits are black, weighing in at about 200 pounds. One is described as 5′8” and the other is 6‘2’ or 6′3”.

Some say that the men have been targeting stores and restaurants in Manhattan for some time now. In the latest instance, they stole a Chanel backpack and a Chanel purse — each with a $3,000 value.

This report mirrors another incident in Orlando that the Blaze reported on last month in which a number of men dressed up in drag and allegedly stole thousands of dollars in fabric, sequins and accessories from a number of venders in the area.

A new pattern of criminal behavior? We shall see.

(H/T: The Huffington Post)

Comments (21)

  • N-TIME-WATCHER
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:16pm

    tmplarnite, The color of the skin doesn’t automatically mean thief, shame on you.

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  • Truthmonster
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 4:17pm

    I hope they try to pass a fifty dollar bill at McDonalds.

    Report Post » Truthmonster  
  • gmoneytx
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:21pm

    Wait I swear that was Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee!

    Report Post » gmoneytx  
  • Lion420
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:27am

    And crossdressers wonder why cops scrutinize them…

    Report Post » Lion420  
  • LastingLiberty
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:05am

    Transvestite? Hmmm. I wonder if that was really Michelle Obama and one of her security guards on a shopping spree. She must have thought she had a right to those clothes. Must be getting ready for another vacation.

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 7:35am

    Too old to “flash mob”?
    Early Christmas “shopping?”
    Aspiring ebay entrepreneurs?
    Unemployed, having been rejected as Mary Kay consultants? (or Avon)
    Do they now get separate showers in prison?
    LOL
    Godless people lack direction.
    We have a LOT of work to do!

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  • Fina Biscotti
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:49am

    A few years back, a bunch of transvestites were bandits – running into stores robbing them – taking cash and clothing – in uptown New Orleans.

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  • YepImaConservative
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 5:49am

    Obama supporters never cease to amaze. If they can’t have free stuff… they’ll just take it. And just in time for Holloween. They truly are the 99%… criminal element in our society.

    Report Post » YepImaConservative  
    • Discord
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 5:51am

      How would you know who they support?

      Report Post » Discord  
    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:10am

      For the past fifty years left wing policies have hampered law enforcement efforts to go after and prosecute criminals to the fullest extent, prevented law abiding citizens from defending themselves, while showing mercy and compassion to violent criminals and showing none whatsoever towards their victims. Their bleeding hearts have no compassion for those who are victims of crimes and how they will be affected for the rest of their lives. Why on earth would these sick demented liberals show love for those who take life and ruin our neighborhoods? Aside from being evil and demented, there is an agenda behind the pro crime lobbies in Washington. (Brady campaign, ACLU, Free Mumia types, People for the American way, NAMBLA, ETC.) By the way this is how we should refer to all groups that give aid to Death row opponents, gun control activists, people against minimum sentencing for violent crime, people against the right to self defense, people who want criminals acquitted because they are part of a minority group or because their mental or had a miserable child hood or because they’re poor ETC. They’re pro criminal, they want mercy for criminals and they want their jobs to be easy and their victims defenseless.

      Now if YOU were a criminal Discord… who would YOU vote for based on my above statement?

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:28am

      The agenda behind the Pro crime lobby is a totalitarian socialist state. You see crime not only results in loss of life and loss of property and wealth, it contributes to a loss of liberty. We are no longer able to do the things we want and go where we want. We have seen a rise in crime because we have been encouraging welfare freeloaders and general loafers. When robbing taxpayers through government is not able to foot the bill for their checks, they rob them with guns and knives. In New York criminals have been using their food stamp cards to break into people’s houses and apartments stealing what they have worked hard for while doing no work themselves. To us this is robbery and burglary. To a Liberal Democrat like Obama it is redistribution of wealth. Socialists don’t believe in private property so why do you think its no coincidence that property crime is highest when liberals are in power DISCORD?

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    • ThePatriot88
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 9:53am

      Phew… Game, Set, Match… and Agreed.

      Report Post » ThePatriot88  
    • Discord
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:47pm

      No one.

      Report Post » Discord  
    • JLGunner
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 2:03pm

      All can say is, Yep, ya hit the nail on the head. No wiggle room for any excuse makin on this one.

      Report Post » JLGunner  
  • Bro Geo Too
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 5:45am

    No doubt part of the occupation crowd liberating some of that nasty capitalist stuff.

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  • nocomment
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:27am

    $3000.00 handbag?

    WTF?

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 7:09am

      With it being chennelle, I’m surprised it was ONLY $3,000. Yep there are idiots that actually pay that for a designer. My sister-in-law (from the Netherlands) would only buy designer if she could afford it.

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:08am

    Nothing the sound of a 12 gauge being racked and loaded wouldn’t stop.Some fear of certain death.
    That pattern would stop,if I were owning that store.

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