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iPhone Déjà Vu: Cops Find Stolen iPhone Ringing In Teen's Pants
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 4, 2012
Modified Feb 4, 2012
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Would-be criminals don't seem to be learning their lesson: if you steal an iPhone, cops will use the Find My iPhone app to track you down. And if you're really dumb, you may get caught in an embarrassing manner. Case in point: according to CBS, two cops found a stolen iPhone after they heard it ringing inside the pants of a 14-year-old suspect.
Police say that the two officers were patrolling near the Jefferson Houses by East 112th Street and 2nd Avenue Friday afternoon when they saw a teen grab an iPhone from a woman who was walking down the street. The teen ran off, and police lost him in one of the buildings. So they used the app to find the suspect, who was wearing different clothes. As the officers were questioning him, they called the victim’s phone and it began to ring.
They found the ringing phone stuffed in the boy’s underwear. The victim later positively identified him as the thief. The teen, whose name hasn't been released, was arrested on grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and criminal trespass. Considering the fact that this type of thing has happened several times in recent months, perhaps the teen should also be charged with criminally negligent ignorance. Or maybe he should be forced to attend a performance of the New York Philharmonic.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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