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Ah, the benefits of having many pockets and many cell phones.
An 18-year-old high schooler managed to take a photograph of the man who robbed her of her Sidekick because she had her backup phone! Shannon Walcott was riding on the Q27 to her home in Queens Village when two men were "lurking behind her." Walcott told the Daily News she was listening to her iPod with her Sidekick in her hand last week when one man grabbed the phone. (Do thieves think that people listening to iPods make them more distracted?)
She decided to chase them and managed to get close enough to take a picture of the robber with her back-up phone which was in her pocket. Then Walcott called her brother to help her canvass the neighborhood. Her mom said, "She's a smart kid, does very well at school, honor student, that kind of thing. After that happened, I put her in a cab to school each day."
The NYPD is looking for information (800-577-TIPS) and released Walcott's picture of the perp. And we bet that the police waited to see if the robber's information was captured by T-Mobile servers, as in the famous Sidekick soap opera from last year. And the most famous instance of a crime caught on a cell phone might be Dan Hoyt and his pleasure-seeking on the subway.
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WTF...An iPod, a cellphone AND a Sidekick? I guess she left her blackberry and PSP home that day. *groans*
Sometimes robbers make it too easy. When my bag was stolen, the detective told me there was a good chance the mugger would be stupid enough to use my phone so they could pinpoint his location, and that sometimes people even use stolen phones to order takeout to be delivered to their apartment!
Oh, dats juss my brother Tyrone
Him and his homey was juss havin little fun is all
"She is a very quick thinker," the high school girl's proud mom echoed. "She's a smart kid, does very well at school, honor student, that kind of thing.
Though, not smart enough to keep all of her expensive electronic gear out of sight and not smart enough to keep a healthy distance of lurkers following you while being distracted by the various crap that's attached to you. Yea, genius in the making.
Surely this picture was photoshopped into an image of an African American. Shannon! have you no shame for disgracing this man's good name?
Chasing thugs that rob you isn't so smart.
"Do thieves think that people listening to iPods make them more distracted?"
um, what do you think?
isn't this week spring break for schools?
get a utility belt like batman and an antenna on your hat and you're all set
that looks like lebron james. who knews times were so tough...
Canvass the neighborhood? -- fer crying out loud it wasn't a blood drive -- call 911
Hmmm.... the whole point of having an ipod and sidekick and gadgets is so you can pass the time by on public transportation. It's because of the ghetto black and spanish thieves that we all have to look "hard" and "gangsta" on the buses and trains with our shifty eyes while staring at Subway graffitti and old ugly people. In europe and Asia people can use their cellphones and stuff on the trains without worrying. You can't have anything nice in the streets of New York without toting a gun.
Welcome to America, #12. There's a TON of factors as to why things are the way they are here. But that is a whole other topic.
that thug's mug is fug
The guy has the worst possible luck . He picked someone that carries two cellphones ! Lol. Guess it's true what they say that crime doesn't pay .................Well in this case it didn't pay !
You know what's funny? why are all the hoodlums wearing hoodies that look like supergay skittles rainbows? Is the new roughneck law to look as faggy as possible?
What happened after she took that pic? He killed her??