Jacob Perger, Kelsey Charters: Beverly Hills honeytrap alleged in court
A man who allegedly posed as a cop is accused of using his girlfriend to lure in an unsuspecting man before holding a taser to his head and robbing him.
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A man allegedly used his girlfriend as bait in a honeytrap arranged through a dating app.
Police allege that when the would-be suitor arrived, the couple approached him while pretending to be cops armed with tasers.
Its alleged they then robbed him and drove away in his BMW.
Jacob Perger, 24, did not appear when his case was mentioned in Downing Centre Local Court today before Magistrate Lisa Viney as he is in Silverwater jail.
St George police, who established Strike Force Gobondry to investigate the crime, allege Perger held a taser to the face of the 39-year-old victim shortly after the man arrived at Penthurst St, Beverly Hills anticipating a hot date with the glamorous co-accused Kelsey Charters.
Perger allegedly stripped the victim of his phone, wallet and car keys and drove away in his luxury car at 1.45am on January 30.
Yesterday he was arrested and charged at the jail with impersonating police, robbery armed with a dangerous weapon, dishonestly obtaining property and driving while disqualified.
Charters, 24, was arrested by detectives on February 5 and charged with impersonating a police officer, robbery in company with a dangerous weapon, dishonestly obtaining property and possessing identity information to commit an indictable offence.
She initially appeared at Burwood Local Court on February 6, where she was refused bail and will next appear at Sutherland Local Court on April 8.
Perger did not apply for bail.
He will appear before Central Local Court on April 30.