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Deputies Search for Cross-Dressing Robber

 Michelle Jacobs     Created: 1/2/2009 8:34:38 AM    Updated: 1/2/2009 8:54:05 AM
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ORLANDO, FL (AP) -- Authorities are looking for a man in drag who robbed a payday-loan business west of Orlando.

The Orange County Sheriff's officer reports that a 6-foot-1-inch man wearing women's clothing ran into the business Wednesday morning and demanded money. Authorities say he carried a silver handgun and wore a black sweater with flowers, a faded pink dress and a shoulder-length wig with salt and pepper hair.

No shots were fired, and no one was injured.

Authorities say it's unusual for a male robber to wear women's clothing, because most criminals want to blend in.

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