Eyewitness Jackson starts the story:
We witnessed what appeared to be an iPod robbery Saturday around 4 p.m. at the corner of Broadway and John. We followed the suspect a couple of blocks while we called 911 and lost him around Harvard. We waited for police to arrive and gave a description.
Just curious if the incident made the blotters and if an arrest was made.
I guess it’s another reminder, too, to be cautious about using an iPod/iPhone in public.
The East Precinct finished it as the juvenile thief in this crime was caught soon after by police at Bellevue and Pine. The 5’6″ suspect made a dash for it according to police radio but was quickly subdued and the woman who was robbed of the phone was able to identify him as the assailant. One lesson to thieves. Broadway is a bad place to make an afternoon grab and dash. Officers received tips from at least two callers, one citizen on the street and a cabbie as they searched for the suspect in the wake of the crime.
I was wondering why squad cars were slowly circling the blocks behind the college around that time.
Score that one for the Good Guys.
“I guess it’s another reminder, too, to be cautious about using an iPod/iPhone in public.”
Some 16 year old shit head mugging someone else is really going to have that kind of power over you? So much so that you’ll think twice about using a cell phone in public? This is ridiculous. Ain’t no way to live, being “cautious”.
That was me! I was putting my phone back in my pocket after making a phone call and he ripped it out of my hands (and ears) and ran. I posted on “missed connections” and “I saw u” and even wrote letter to the stranger hoping they would post it. I want to thank all the kind citizens who helped me, including a guy who chased him, after I collapsed in tears. Also, “Cory” who sat with me and walked me half way to the police station to make sure I was ok. From when the phone to snatched to when I was home safe and sound, report completed etc, was about a hour. The police said things don’t always go so smoothly, but by the grace of all the helpful hill-dwellers, they were able to get him. It really warmed my heart how much people were willing to help. Also, our boys in blue did a really great job, and I am forever grateful.
This is how we need to be for each other, all the time! Good job to everyone involved, another reminder to everyone that it pays to pay attention to the people around you, you might really help someone out! I love the Hill.