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Cops search for construction worker imposters in Greenpoint

Police are on the hunt for three men who they say posed as construction workers to steal cash from an elderly man in Greenpoint. According to investigators, the suspects convinced the 86-year-old to let

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Apr 18, 2012, 2:04 PM

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