Robbers disguised as white cops caught...[sent] thank-you to company that made their latex masks

DailyMail online (UK) ^ | 22 August 2012 | EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN

[Albion Wilde]

Officials say Edward Byam, 24, and Akeem Monsalvatge, 37, of Queens, dressed in NYPD gear and wearing high-end masks, robbed a Pay-O-Matic in Rosedale on Valentine's Day.

After getting away with the heist, Byam wrote a short thank you note to Composite Effects, the makers of the mask, to show his gratitude for the 'realism' of the disguise.

They identified themselves as detectives at the store, wearing dark blue jackets with NYPD logos and police-type shields hanging around their necks, before making off with the contents of an unlocked safe. Police say the two men stole $200,000 from the store.

Thick gloves covered their skin completely, and dark glasses hid their eyes, making it near impossible to identify them....

‘We don’t know if they are white, black or Hispanic. People in the neighbourhood saw them in the van for two or three days before the robbery,' a police spokesman said at the time. 'They saw three white guys.’...

[Albion Wilde]

We can’t tell the perps from the real police. It is one very important reason why police should never ever have no knock entries at 4AM unless it is a rare life and death hostage or kidnapping situation.

I do agree. And especially if you are a dog owner.

[Melpomene]

Walter White!

[Fester Chugabrew]

The police then traced the photograph of the clerk's home to a nearby Walgreen's and were able to get Byam's home phone number on a receipt.

This sentence in the story has no antecedent reference. What photograph? What clerk? I read the preceding paragraphs at least 3 times and found no reference to either one.

[Albion Wilde]

"The police then traced the photograph of the clerk's home to a nearby Walgreen's and were able to get Byam's home phone number on a receipt."

This sentence in the story has no antecedent reference. What photograph? What clerk?

If you go to the entire article at the link, two sentences before the one you questioned, it says, "They even threatened a female store worker with photographs of her home, making sure she knew how serious they were."

[Figment]

Thick gloves covered their skin completely, and dark glasses hid their eyes, making it near impossible to identify them. They even threatened a female store worker with photographs of her home, making sure she knew how serious they were.

Read it three more times, The paragraph is there, I swear

[Fester Chugabrew]

Thank you. Selective reading comprehension on my part.