‘snatch-and-grab’ Robberies Of Electronic Devices Up In Metro

Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post
Fri, 06/10/2011 - 6:39pm

Judge Stephen G. Milliken was waiting at the Gallery Place Metro station for a train Thursday morning when a youth snacked his iPhone from his hand. The D.C. Superior Court judge isn’t alone in having his electronic device stolen. Metro Transit Police said they’ve seen a spike in “snatch-and-grab” robberies of iPhones and similar devices. “We’ve had a great increase in the snatching of iPhones and iPads over the last couple of years, not just here but in transit systems across the country,” Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn said. Read full article >>

Sections: u.s.

Topics: apple electronics gadgets ipad iphone metro metro transit police robbery snatch-and-grab stealing theft transit system

Newspaper received email claiming to be from woman's captors
The San Francisco Chronicle says it received an email from an anonymous person claiming to be holding a California woman who was found safe Wednesday. More
Amazon may be working on a smartphone with hologram-like 3D
Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal. More
Focus Turns to 3 Suspects in $50 Million Belgian Diamond Robbery
Investigators in three countries continued unraveling the plot behind a brazen $50 million diamond robbery in Belgium in February. More
8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900
Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. More
Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion
According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More

Place your ad here
Loading...

BING NEWS:

ONLY ON 4: AG's office K-9 officer can sniff out electronic devices
Emery can smell a chemical compound on all electronic devices that have storage. "Cellphones, which everybody has these days, external hard drives, thumb drives. And, she even can detect micro SD ...
08/26/2024 - 11:46 am | View Link
FBI Criticized for Inadequate Handling of Sensitive Electronic Devices
The FBI’s handling of electronic devices containing sensitive and potentially classified information was found to be inadequate, forcing it to review its policies.
08/26/2024 - 2:48 am | View Link
IG: FBI at risk of having sensitive devices lost, stolen
The IG says lackluster practices at an unnamed FBI disposal facility include unsecure spaces coupled with a non-functioning security camera.
08/23/2024 - 12:38 pm | View Link
More