New York Daily News

Hooker date turned into rob by Qns. duo – NYPD

- Laura Dimon

A CALIFORNIA prostitute visiting the Big Apple was duped into believing she was meeting up with a client in Queens — but was instead robbed at gunpoint by a heartless pair who planned to pimp her out, cops said Sunday.

The 26-year-old woman had posted an ad on Backpage, hoping to make some extra cash while visiting New York.

When a woman responded to the post, the call girl went to meet “her” at an apartment on Sutphin Blvd. near 115th Ave. in South Jamaica about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, police said.

The California­n was instead greeted by a man who threatened her with a pistol and forced her into a nearby building, where a guntoting woman was waiting, according to officials.

“Give me everything,” the man demanded, and snatched the visitor’s cell phone, debit card and driver’s license.

The greedy duo then forced the woman into a yellow cab and told her she’d be making money for them tonight, police said.

The cab traveled about five blocks before the victim was able to jump out of the car as it slowed on Barron St. near 116th St., cops said.

She went to Long Island Jewish Medical Center for evaluation, authoritie­s said. Police were hunting for the robbers Sunday.

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