🐓Three dopes from Staten Island were so hot to play a video game about being criminals, they got arrested for po🐼sing as cops, sources said.
The trio were busted Tuesday when they claimed to be officers so they could cut ꧋in front of a line of hundreds of other people and buy a copy of the video game “Grand Theft Auto V,” according to police.
Kirolos Abdel Sayed, 19, an auxiliary police officer, and his two buddies, Frank Santanastaso, 🧜19, and Matthew Kirsheh, 20, allegedly strolled into the Staten Island Mall just after midnight and flashed a badge so they could get into a GameStop, cops said.
The fake cops even pulled up to the mall with a former unmarked police vehicle — which was bought at a police auction and was equipped with l💧ights and siren, a source said.
Abdel Sayed said, “I’m with the NYPD,” so thꩵe trio could get into the mall, according to a source.
They then sauntered into a GameStop store and purchased a copy of the popul💝ar game before attempting to make their getaway.
But the crew must have been nervous because they ran a number of stop signs outside the mall parking lo൩t and were quickly pulled over, police said.
The men were charged with c♔riminal impersonation, an🔥d could face up to a year in jail.
In the crime- and violence-packed video game, players assumဣe the role of gangsters, stabbing and shooting their way to the top🐈 of a fictional city based on Los Angeles.
Put out by Rockstar games, the “Grand Theft Auto” series has 🐟garnered huge sales and critical acclaim. It has also drawn controversy b♛ecause it allows the players freedom to go on violent rampages, killing cops and hookers.
As excitement built for the release on Monday, gamers💞 waited in line around the world.
One man in London was stabbed🎐 and robbed of the game, th🍸e BBC reported.
One store in Au💛stralia even put out fake 🃏drug paraphernalia on the counter as a prop for the game’s debut.
The g൲ame is expected to sell 20 millꦓion copies and rake in over $1 billion.