iPhone Mugger Busted After iDiotically E-mailing Self-Portrait

After a teen stole her purse and iPhone while she waited for the N train at Fifth Avenue, 29-year-old shoe designer Sayaka Fukuda arrived home to find that her assailant had used the device to e-mail a photo of himself. Fukuda tells the Post, "I checked my e-mail and saw something in my outbox. I opened the attachment, and there he was with his black and red knitted [Spider-Man] hat." After combing through mug shots, cops zeroed in on 18-year-old Daquan Mathis. But before they made the collar, Fukuda initiated a correspondence with the suspect, telling him, "Thank you for your picture. I sent them to the cops, you're going to get arrested soon." To which Mathis allegedly replied, "I will kill you! I know where you live, I know where you work. I'll send people." Before he could make good on his threats, the NYPD arrested him Thursday; sources say he confessed to two other crimes, including another robbery on an N train in which he stole an iPod at gunpoint. Of course, this isn't the first time a mugger's been busted by the very gadget he stole.

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By John Del Signore in News on March 24, 2009 1:59 PM

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markyh2904

Not sure that you should look beyond cash pension for all of your needs

vvvs laura

I am of the opinion that the majority of people I do not read swap forums and blogs ... so I do not think anything I post here in any way interfere with my business... hence the reason I am posting. payday loans

JST Books

To qualify for pension loan you will need to have a pension which amounts to a minimum value of £20,000. It makes no difference whether or not the pension or pensions are currently frozen, or still being paid into. and every one is going for pension loan.
pension loan

DEFIANTROA

Who say we wear putting them down?

Whartonman

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

http://www.iredhanded.com/

Global Wombat

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

keera

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

nivek

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

KING

HE HAS A GREAT FUTURE.

freddynyc

Darwinism at it's finest....

Global Wombat

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.

freddynyc

Darwinism at it's finest....

NannyState

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

matty

I wonder if he also twittered about it.

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

felixthecat2

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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JMH

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

Ace

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.

Ace

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.

fishfryin

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.

Chrisspike

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.