We all know how much thieves love iPhones—but it seems we may have encountered the king of all iPhone thieves on the Upper East Side. Police are searching for a bike-riding thief who they believe has stolen 18 iPhones this year on the UES—and all but one of the victims were women. Below, check out video of him moments before his latest robbery on March 20th.
Police say that in all 18 incidents since January, the victims were standing on the street holding their iPhone when the suspect approached them on his bike, grabbed the phone, and fled the scene. All of the attacks have taken place in the 19th, 22nd and 23rd precincts on the Upper East Side—half the robberies have taken place between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. The perp is said to be between 30-40 years old.
Police ask anyone with information on these incidents to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or logging on to the Crime Stoppers website. Our only question: why haven't police been able to use their favorite app—Find My iPhone—to track down the guy yet?
