An Android smartphone and an iPhone
An armed theft of an Uber Eats driver ended unexpectedly, with the thieves handing again the sufferer’s Android smartphone as a result of they needed an iPhone as a substitute.
Smartphones are sometimes taken in thefts, sometimes due to the excessive worth of the gadget. In a single uncommon theft, thieves rejected the smartphone, as a result of it did not go well with their style.
A person in Northwest Washington D.C. parked his automotive earlier than heading to his residence early within the morning, based on his spouse in an interview with ABC7. Wishing to not be recognized, the spouse recounted what occurred within the November 30 incident.
Two masked and armed males approached and robbed the sufferer after he had parked the automotive, within the 2400 block of 14th Road NW. Whereas one walked as much as the sufferer, the opposite drove in a black BMW.
The thieves have been thorough, taking “every little thing he had in his pockets, took the keys to my truck and bought in and pulled off,” mentioned the spouse. Whereas they did take every little thing from the person, they did change their thoughts in regards to the smartphone, and handed it again.
“They mainly checked out that telephone and was like Oh, that is an Android? We do not need this. I believed it was an iPhone,” the lady continued.
The choice was an oddity for a harrowing scenario, which deeply impacted the couple. “That was my earnings,” the lady mentioned. “That was the way in which I made cash. I did Uber Eats and Instacart so, that was our livelihood.”
The theft of an merchandise like an iPhone can usually contain a gang utilizing refined methods to earn cash from the gadgets, similar to by transport it to China for use for components.
The selection to truly hand again the Android smartphone as a result of it wasn’t an iPhone appears to point the theft wasn’t by a gang excited about smartphones to start with. Given they have been extra excited about every little thing else, together with a automobile, they in all probability had different priorities.
The theft coincidentally happened on the identical day as a public listening to on a surge in crime and a proposed invoice to battle it. Throughout the occasion, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith noticed some promising adjustments, together with a 7% discount in automotive jackings since July, 6% fewer cases of assault with a harmful weapon, and an 11% discount in automobile theft.