{"id":3155,"date":"2012-08-01T13:35:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T13:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:28","slug":"sun-journalist-arrested-over-stolen-cell-phone-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/sun-journalist-arrested-over-stolen-cell-phone-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun journalist arrested over stolen cell phone scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/800px-The_sun_logo.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3156\" title=\"800px-The_sun_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/800px-The_sun_logo.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3156 lazyload\" title=\"800px-The_sun_logo\" 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