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Fact or Fiction: Robbery suspect caught due to colorful underwear?

Posted at 7:33 PM, Nov 29, 2023
and last updated 2023-11-29 22:33:12-05

(KGTV) — A headline that caught our eye claims a robbery suspect was caught because of his colorful underwear.

It’s true.

Surveillance images from a Queens, New York tobacco shop robbery last year show three masked men, including one whose very visible colorful underwear featured the letter R in white and 1990 in yellow.

Police got a tip that the robbers tried to sell the stolen merchandise at another location.

So they reviewed footage from that area and found a man displaying the same colorful underwear, this time without a mask.

They identified Fathy Hussein from his Instagram account and arrested him last week.