$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Pastor: Boy who impersonated cop crying for help
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A prosecutor listed police paraphernalia that the boy allegedly owned — including a fictitious Chicago Police Department badge, a CPD hat, handcuff keys and a case, an official sweater with patches and a black vest with a name tag. The boy allegedly had filled his vest with magazines so it would appear he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Watkins, with whom Richardson lived for much of last year before returning to his mother, said the impersonation is “a cry for help.’’ He noted the 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio film about a young con artist and disguise master Frank Abagnale Jr., “Catch Me If You Can.’’ In the boy’s situation, “It’s ‘Help Me If You Can,’ ’’ said Watkins.
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