iPhone Mugger Busted After iDiotically E-mailing Self-Portrait

Who say we wear putting them down?

Let's all catch a-holes like this in the future...

http://www.iredhanded.com/

Show me an app that doesn't cater strictly to I-holes and I'll bite.

You can't walk around in public with anything nice anymore.

Sure you can, just don't do it around delinquents.

HE HAS A GREAT FUTURE.

Darwinism at it's finest....

At least try to understand the concept of Darwinism before going on to make the same mistake several others have made in the comments section.

Darwinism at it's finest....

I guess he got bored with his West African wooden "iphono".

I wonder if he also twittered about it.

"Robbed bitch with a gun! Got iphone! LOL BRB!"

To check your Mobile Phone's IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity), key in the following digits on your phone: *#06# and the IMEI 15-digit code will appear on the screen or check it in Settings/About/IMEI or it is imprinted on the back of your iPhone. This IMEI number is unique to your iPhone. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.

If your iPhone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the the thief changes the SIM Card, your iPhone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your iPhone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody did this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. The above listed information was printed in the Contra Costa Market Place, February 2008, (pg. 50-51).

I've spoken with AT&T to verify this procedure and they've confirmed that they can disable the iPhone as well as the phone number, until you get a replacement phone.

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I wish the asshole who stole my iPhone was this stupid.

Although this story has a good ending, I'm troubled by the waste of this young mind. At his age, he should be entering college and not a jail cell. Somewhere along the line, someone failed him......the parents, the school system, etc. The story would have a better ending if they had recovered the gun used in the earlier robbery. That gun is still out there.

Although this story has a good ending, I'm troubled by the waste of this young mind. At his age, he should be entering college and not a jail cell. Somewhere along the line, someone failed him......the parents, the school system, etc. The story would have a better ending if they had recovered the gun used in the earlier robbery. That gun is still out there.

i think he can mostly blame himself and his parents/family for activity like this. they are at the root of personal behavior and morality. a school could influence it a little, but there's plenty of people who go to crap schools, have crappy life prospects, and still don't resort to mugging people at gunpoint.

good thing someone failed him, and not that he failed in practicing good morality. It gets old blaming others (teachers parents) for kids who try and take the easy road.

STOP SNITCHIN

18 and he's already got mug shots. Put this animal down before he really hurts someone. That's if he hasn't already, which would be a bloody miracle.

The White equivalent of the Ghetto Trash is the TRAILER PARK TRASH.

It's all there, both Whites and Blacks have trashiness in them.

Get over it.

Except white trash doesn't have a 'cultural heritage' that encourages crime and rewards violence and has liberal defenders. Black trash on the other hand...

um, forget charging him for death threats, what about his other arrest warrant for mugging at gunpoint? Doesn't that carry a minimum of 3.5 years, which we all know about because of Plaxico?

Thanks for being 18 asshole. Hope you get stabbed in jail.

You people have it all wrong GHETTO ASS TRASH comes in any color, form, or place

People need to learn to distinguish race from ghettoness

Racism is a crime and who commits crimes?????

"Racism is a crime"

No, certain types of discrimination based on race are crimes. Racism is not.

lesson learned: don't steal technology you don't know how to properly use

Wouldn't PW protecting make matters worse? I mean, the thief would never have had a chance to be stupid enough to email his photo. Just hook it up to a machine and factory reset...lost forever.

No. Not really. PW Protecting your iPhone is strongly recommended. This ensures that your private information is not in the hands of someone who wants can use it against you...

Not to mention 10 failed attempts and the iPhone completely erases itself and locks down.

Your point illustrates what is known as the "Digital Divide" in that most inner city youth are not tech saavy because of oppurtunities not afforded them in classroom settings. Maybe if he had this basic knowledge he would have known about "Default Reset" , but sadly (ironically) this was not the case. Good though because petty theft is just that PETTY THEFT!! And he needs to be punished for hi actions nonetheless!! And this is coming from a poster who is a Black working class man from Yonkers O.K.?

digital divide? as someone who is white and works in an ALL black area of nyc, my job takes me into dozens of these "peoples" households on a daily basis. youd be amazed at what i see. 5 foot tall dj speakers, 60 inch flatscreens, computers, laptops, video game consoles, ipods, sidekicks, and of course, plastic patio furniture and milk crates as furniture. they have more technology in their 3 bedroom, government subsidized apartments than i have in my house, and i have a job, most of them dont. maybe if they didnt drop out of school in the 9th grade they would be able to take the computer classes that are offered. i didnt get computer classes in my 18 years of school, i taught myself everything i know.

and this is not petty theft, this is called robbery in ny state, a felony. unfortunatly all your going to read about in the papers is how this young innocent boy was wronged by society and led into a life of crime, harassed by the police, and discriminated by the courts. from my experience dealing with both inner city youth and "adults" (and i use that term loosely) the major thing missing is accountability. if they learned a little of that, maybe they would be more capable of fitting in, in a civilized society.

"I will kill you! I know where you live, I know where you work. I'll send people."

Not quite just petty theft now.

One condom 19 years ago would have fixed this problem ahead of time.

It wasn't "petty theft" anyway. He was charged with robbery and grand larceny, both felonies. The threat could only bring a misdemeanor charge at worst -- which is probably why they didn't bother with it.

hello jayclay. you might look into the facts on this: threatening someone with physical harm or death, spoken directly or in writing, is legally considered a "terroristic threat," and that, jayclay, is a felony. not saying that i agree with that classification of it, but saying that your statement was factually wrong.

Right on, FH.

Protection should have been used. And not the kind that requires a password.

Petty theft? this guy previously mugged someone at gunpoint. Please stop making excuses--as veiled and watered-down as they may be.

neighbors will describe him as a good kid, a solid student who never hot into any kind of trouble. This has to be a mistake, not our Daquan-it has to be another Daquan.

i have to say i don't get the racists comments. madoff is a million times the crook this kid is and i never saw racists comments about him. to me, a crook is a crook it dosen't matter the color of his skin.

Madoff's crimes, while awful, are not a fear most people reading this blog have. I'm not in the position to be afraid of being ripped off billions of dollars. On the other hand, I ride the subway every day with no way to defend myself (thanks, NYC!) while armed criminals can choose to take whatever they want at gunpoint and kill me if they feel like it.

And if you've never seen Jew-hate on Gothamist, you haven't been reading that long.

You didn't? Go back and look at some Madoff-related posts here; you'll find the word "Jew" appears frequently in the comments.

True, Madoff is an asshole thief that deserves to be put down as well, but there's only a handful of Madoffs. However, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of daquans everywhere.

There was no point in contacting him.

The worse crime is his fashion sense. Dude's wearing a do-rag? Get a clue man, its 2009 not 1999.

Blame the thug, bling bling, and no snitchin' cultural mindset for making this type of behavior acceptable.

Blame the Indian students who went to school with him. By studying hard and doing so well they adversely affected his self-esteem and forced him into this life of crime.

Blame the thug, bling bling, and no snitchin' cultural mindset for making this type of behavior acceptable.

poor dukie. i wish mr. prezbo would just take him in

hilarious.

You are

Get yourself a stun gun.

And PW lock all your devices.

Valeriob, why are you such a patsy? Most of all remarks are so childish and stupid. P.S. This is matt, gothamist reset password didn't work so I created this safari username. Really, grow man and stop with the class clown act. It isn't endearing at all.

Actually I have provided sound advice.

Do you think Password locking all of your devices is childish and immature?

and who the eff is matt?

Just yesterday I was punched in the face by a group of teens. I had my laptop and my camera (I was going to dinner after doing work), so I wasn't about to be knocked out. After talking with another guy who JUST missed the incident, he said that it happens all the time in that neighborhood (Fort Greene). Apparently, it's a normal thing to be knocked out by a group of black teenagers and have your sh*t taken! Anyway, definitely a Darwin award for this here DaQuan Shanaynay Bonquisha Mathis.

Taxpayers were mugged by a group of white thugs called AIG. They stole billions!!!!

No, taxpayers were mugged by congress who then dropped the cash in AIG's lap no questions asked. They also dropped a lot of bonus cash in Fannie and Freddie's laps but nobody seems to mind about that.

yeah. it's congress's fault, they just HAD to give money to AIG. It's not like AIG put themselves in a position that made the government intervene. Nope, Congress just wanted to give money to AIG cause they really like AIG and think they are swell guys.

I think AIG's a pretty cool guy, eh steals the money and doesn't afraid of anything

triple posting your racist comment

Why is that racist? Is it because he distinguished the assailants by using highly descriptive identifiers?

He wrote: "DaQuan Shanaynay Bonquisha Mathis"

which clearly is not his name.

It's not racist to say "I was mugged by black teenagers." It is racist to say "All black teenagers are muggers." The first one is true, the second one is not.

I was mugged twice in Fort Greene. And my iphone was stolen once. I password-protect everything now.

Also, home insurance and renter's insurance will cover your items if they are stolen from you by a mugger. But you have to file a police report.

It's not racist to say "I was mugged by black teenagers." It is racist to say "All black teenagers are muggers." The first one is true, the second one is not.

While I agree with that statement, that's not what style crusader said. He just said that being mugged in Fort Greene by a group of black teenagers seems to be a normal occurrence. And to be honest, if black teens don't want that association given to them, they need to learn how to snitch out the ones that are prone to violent criminal activity.

fail

Of course it was a black guy. Where are his parents? What happens after the arrest? How much jail time does he get? When he gets out of jail you know he will keep doing the same crimes over and over again.

Can he be charged with making a death threat too since he did it in writing?

digg!

http://digg.com/gadgets/The_dumbest_IPhone_thief_ever

He should be charged with making a death threat as well.

Moron

lock him up and throw away the key.

i'm sure that his momma would say he's a sweet boy. look at how lovingly he stares at his spidey.

What a TOOL!

Daquan???

It's a very popular name on planet Doofus.

Emailing the mugger was stupid.

I totally agree.

another darwin award.

It's only Darwinian if he fails to replicate.

The sad part is that he probably will or already has.

Haha, my thoughts exactly.

That's Perfect!