Prosecutor: Grinches stole presents as kids slept

Prosecutors say two real-life Grinches posed as police officers and robbed a couple's home of their holiday presents on Christmas Eve.

The men wore bulletproof vests bearing the New York Police Department logo and claimed to have a warrant, the Queens district attorney's office said. They tied up Robert Kapovic and his wife and ransacked their home for nearly four hours, prosecutors said.

'They acted like the Grinch in the Dr. Seuss classic 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas,'' District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Monday in a statement. 'Unfortunately for them their plan was foiled when real police officers stopped them and the victims' belongings were returned in time for the holiday.'

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