The bait was perfect, for the police had mistaken the agents for the crooks because of the similarity of the two groups.

However, police mistook him as a street vagrant and had him taken into custody.

In March 2000, an undercover officer killed Patrick Dorismond, a security guard, during a fight when the police mistook him for a drug dealer.

"Then the police mistook Klurg for a murderer instead of a victim," decided Margo.

Actor Stephen Graham was almost arrested because the police accidentally mistook the music video for an actual illegal rave.

Graham was almost arrested after police mistook the video for a genuine illegal rave.

On 18 December, police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals and opened fire on them, killing two.

Doctors determined, however, that the police had mistaken normal discoloration of the skin for scars and Rosario's file was again closed, Ms. Falk said.

The police have mistaken the 1st Editor of College Folio as part of an unruly crowd.

Detained at immigration, the police at first mistook them for anarchists, but Sánchez's brother Aurelio, who lived in Mexico, was able to secure their release.