iPhones get stolen daily, however if you were to tell me that somebody got their iPhone stolen, then the thief got it stolen off him minutes later, before it being returned to the original owner, I would have trouble believing you.
Nevertheless, that’s what happened in New York to a 16 year old girl, the New York Times reports. So sit back, relax, and read this amazing story that I’m about to summarize for you.
It was a cold November day in New York, when a girl walking through Prospect Park, iPhone in hand, was plugged into music and blissfully unaware of her surroundings. Three boys then approached her, one in pink shoes (this is important, you’ll see why later). Pink shoes lunged for the iPhone in an attempted ‘snatch and run’, and after a small tug of war ran off, splitting from his two friends.
Two cops were nearby, so the girl diligently went to tell them what happened, before jumping in the patrol car and being driven round in search of the missing phone.
Meanwhile, Pink Shoes was keen to sell the phone, and found an interested party on Bedford Avenue. The potential buyer asked to see the phone, and Pink Shoes, not thinking anything of it, handed it over. Potential Buyer then ran off with it, thieving from the thief.
It could have ended there, but stupidly, Pink Shoes flagged down a police car and explained that he’d just had his iPhone stolen. Potential Buyer didn’t get far and was soon caught, and this is when our enthralling story reaches it’s climax. Both were taken to the 70th precinct station, with the girl still searching for her iPhone in the patrol car.
It was at this point that an officer with her suggested that they ring her phone. Of course, they reached the cops who’d just arrested Potential Buyer, and after some confusion, they all got together at the police station. To find out whose phone it really was, the three parties involved were asked to enter the passcode. Clearly, the girl was the only able to and she got her phone back, with the other two getting thrown into the slammer.
Story over, breathe. It’s one of those things that’s pretty unbelievable, and it’s definitely something that the girl can tell at dinner parties, and something that Pink Shoes can use to prove his stupidity. Potential Buyer meanwhile will have to learn how to run faster.
