{"id":3922,"date":"2011-11-24T12:35:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T12:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:49","slug":"the-moped-cell-phone-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/the-moped-cell-phone-thief\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moped Cell Phone Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phone3.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2188\" title=\"Phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phone3.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2188 lazyload\" title=\"Phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phone3.jpg\"><\/a>Boston University Police are searching for a thief who drives up to his victims on a moped, grabs their new or old cell phone from out of their hands and then rides off again.&nbsp; \u201cIt usually happens at night and someone will come up and grab or snatch the cell phone from the student\u2019s hand and then run off,\u201d says Chief Tom Robbins from the Boston University Police Department.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s a quick event.&nbsp; It\u2019s over in a few seconds and the best thing you can do is not be walking and talking on your cell phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Students from Boston University say that is easier said than done however, especially when they are coming off a late night study session and they need to call home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Several students over the last couple of months have reported that their cell phones have been stolen, with the latest involving a thief on a moped.&nbsp; While the incident was caught on surveillance video, the culprit was wearing a full motorcycle helmet, thus limiting their ability to get a good description.&nbsp; A different incident saw someone jumping off the back of a moped to grab a student\u2019s cell phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a crime of opportunity,\u201d Robbins notes.&nbsp; \u201cA thief sees someone walking on the phone, they say \u2018Hey, that\u2019s an easy target and I\u2019ll go and grab it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>While police are increasing their visibility on campus, the lack of a good description means they are still uncertain if the same culprit is behind all of the incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University Police are searching for a thief who drives up to his victims on a moped, grabs their new or old cell phone from out of their hands and then rides off again.  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