Doctors, patient robbed after fake patient pulls off heist
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July 9, 2026
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A man posing as a patient helped two accomplices rob a medical centre in El Socorro, San Juan, on Wednesday, escaping with cash, jewellery and cellphones worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Police said the robbery occurred around 5.20 p.m. at the Life Care Medical and Dental Centre off El Socorro Main Road.
One of the doctors, 54, told investigators that the man entered the facility seeking medical attention and completed a patient questionnaire before being escorted to an examination room.
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