Thursday, January 20, 2011

Woman Robbed Downtown Near Palmer House Hotel

Police are looking for a thief who snatched a woman’s cell phone on a busy downtown street.

The robbery occurred around 7:45 p.m. near the intersection of Michigan Avenue and East Monroe Street. Police said the crook stole the victim’s iPhone.

After the robbery, the woman ran to the Palmer House Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street, where she called for help.

The thief, an African-American man, was last seen wearing a maroon hooded sweatshirt, a white t-shirt, and black pants.

At 7:56 p.m., officers were canvassing the area of Monroe and Wabash for the suspect.
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6 comments:

  1. towandaJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I read an article the other day that said the IPHONE is better than robbing a bank because people keep ALL their personal info on them...checking accounts, charge card info, addresses, phone numbers, SS info. So that seems to be the reason for the rash of thefts for the IPHONE or at least a major part of the reasons.

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  2. Timothy FitzJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Technology is a great thing, but people need to think twice before they store all their personal information in a phone or put that information online.

    A recently saw a commercial where cell phone user can hook up their home alarm system to their cell phones. I'm sorry, but that is dumbest thing I have EVER heard!

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  3. towandaJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    I'll ditto that one too! What's that saying "stupid is as stupid does" or something like that. Commercials send a message to the criminals about what MIGHT be on those phones and blackberry's. Very irresponsible of the advertising agencies because that's exactly what they're doing "advertising"..to criminals!

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  4. Timothy FitzJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Let's not forget the app that allows you to start your car with your cell phone! I'm sure the carjackers love that one!

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  5. towandaJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    "Technology is a great thing"...in the right hands:)

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    Kaffirs gone wild on Michigan Ave!

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