Friday, September 10, 2010

Subway cell phone thief

From the Village Voice:

Are you a twentysomething woman who rides the #7 train? A guy may be after your cell phone. Have you seen him? The suspect struck on August 25 at 45th Road and Jackson Avenue, and on August 30 and September 7 at 52nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. His M.O.: The train stops, he waits for the doors to open, grabs the cell phone, and flees.

He's described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 5'7" -- in two of the robberies he was wearing a white tank top, black shorts, and a white do-rag. If you have any info, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). And keep an eye on your phones.

8 comments:

Captain Renault said...

He's described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 5'7" -- in two of the robberies he was wearing a white tank top, black shorts, and a white do-rag.

Wow!!!

What a snappy dresser!! He looks simply stunning in his finest sartorial splendor!!!

NOT!!!

ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS!!!!

Anonymous said...

Does he do this for sport? Last time I heard a "hot" cell phone was worth from zero to five dollars on the street.

Anonymous said...

i'd love to trip him on his way out...especially if he got stuck halfway in the train, and halfway out, as the doors close repeatedly on his idiocy.

Anonymous said...

A black young male. How unusual.
I love how he wears the typical (Hey look, I am a criminal. outfit)

Auntie Invasion said...

They sell them on craigs list for more money than that.
there is a whole section devoted to cell phones.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mob/

the thief could have a buyer already lined up. I hear that crack and heroin dealers will take cell phones.

Anonymous said...

ANOTHER WHITE MALE CRIMINAL, WHEN WILL THE WHITE MAN STOP THIS ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR.

THESE DAMNED WHITE PEOPLE ALWAYS STEALING.

Anony2 said...

Maybe he's just snatching the phones of obnoxiously loud cell phone talkers. If that's the case, give the man a reward!

Anonymous said...

It's not robberry,it's Grand Larceny........but the pct co will classify it as Lost Property! See,there was no crime committed!