Federal prosecutors said the men used fake badges, police lights and firearms to rob and kidnap Shamari Taylor for drug money.

Five men were charged this week. They were accused of impersonating police officers to kidnap and kill a 28-year-old man.

Federal prosecutors say Shamari Taylor was kidnapped and tortured as part of a plot to steal his cocaine and money. His body was found in a vacant lot 12 years after he died.

Nearly two decades after a Philadelphia man went missing, five people were arrested and charged with kidnapping him while impersonating police officers, torturing him to death in an effort to locate drugs and money,