Despite Warnings, Registration Program, iThefts Continue To Plague 6-8

By on October 19, 2012  News
Oct 192012
 

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Despite an NYPD registration program meant to help curtail the theft of expensive electronic devices – particularly those made by Apple, and continued Subway announcements reminding straphangers to “protect yourself,” the current trend of ithievery seems to continue unabated.

This rings true in both the 68th Precinct and the city as a whole, as the following two anecdotes reported by Will Bredderman in this week’s Brooklyn Paper illustrate.

In the first instance, a woman’s purse containing two devices was snatched while she was walking down 65th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues on October 10. Continue reading »

Ridiculous iRobberies Abound: Muggers can’t seem to get enough iStuff

By on July 6, 2012  Featured story, News
Jul 062012
 

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The Brooklyn Paper’s Will Bredderman reports that the current trend of ithefts – perpetrated by muggers who seem to be almost exclusively on the lookout for Apple products – continues, although the incidents are certainly not limited to Southwestern Brooklyn.

Here are a few examples from the weekly newspaper’s Police Blotter:

Brutal beating

A pair of lowlifes battered a Bay Ridge woman for her iPhone in the middle of the afternoon on June 30, according to police.

Apparently, a woman was walking along one of Bay Ridge’s avenues in the vicinity of 64th Street and 65th Street at around 2:30 in the afternoon when she was thrown to the ground and kicked repeatedly. While the victim managed to hold onto her purse, her “$800 phone” was taken. Continue reading »