Stolen Apple iPhone leads to police chase, gunfire and a locked down school
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The stolen iPhone led the cops to a car three miles away. Inside the car the cops found a third suspect while a fourth suspect was found hiding in the trunk surrounded by a number of stolen smartphones. Going through the automobile's registration, the cops found a nearby address where two more suspects were detained.
San Francisco has become a hotbed for Apple iPhone thefts and many of the crimes occured at gunpoint. New York City has also seen a sharp rise in robberies featuring the Apple iPhone. And while the tracking system on the iCloud can be easily deactivated by criminals, many are just unaware of the feature which can lead to their capture. In fact, nearly three years ago to the day, a trio of Apple iPhone bandits were caught using the application.
source: SFGate via AppleInsider
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31 Comments
2. TheLibertine posted on 28 Aug 2012, 00:28 6
Aaaand iPhone saves the day again after f**king it up.
Seriously, the main point is nobody died.
13. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2012, 01:11 4
Thank God for that, b-c had some1 died there would have been bigger article : "People died for their iPhone"
So whatever happens, there's an iPhone.
3. wendygarett posted on 28 Aug 2012, 00:31 2
huh? My iphone has shattered. Do you like to have one? :)
5. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2012, 00:36 4
Aha, if this were an Android phone there would have been no "chase, gunfire and a locked down school". LOL
6. FrostyDanny posted on 28 Aug 2012, 00:48 7
The apple fan boy comments and android ones to are just getting plain annoying and make me never want to read the comments on an article on this website again
10. luxzy801 posted on 28 Aug 2012, 01:04 3
Its not only this site and its not only Apple and Android. Fanboyism has been going on for over a decade. First it was Nokia and Palm, then Nokia, Palm and Handspring, then it was Nokia, Palm and WinMo, then it was Palm, WinMo, Nokia and Blackberry, then it was Palm, WinMo, Nokia, Blackberry and Apple, then it was WinMo, Nokia, Blackberry and Apple, then it was WinMo, Nokia, Blackberry, Apple, Android and WebOS, then it was Nokia, Blackberry, Apple, Android, then it was Nokia, Blackberry, Apple, Android and WP and now its Apple, Android and WP (you still might see some BB and Nokia fanboys pop up once in a while). As you can tell, its been a decade + full of fanboys, dont plan on seeing anything different on this or any other site.
28. -box- posted on 28 Aug 2012, 09:29 0
Yes. Same with almost any industry, there are people who have favorites for whatever reason. Cars, computers, TVs, even appliances and places to shop
12. luxzy801 posted on 28 Aug 2012, 01:09 1
This just shows you how badly people need money to be stealing iPhones, but then again, people do pay good money for the most current iPhone.
If it was me, i would at least wait until the IP5 came out before jacking anything, in a month, the value of the IP4 is going to drop drastically.
23. ogy_dogy posted on 28 Aug 2012, 03:20 0
Here we have an example of a thief who knows what hes doing, lol
15. smartphone posted on 28 Aug 2012, 01:19 0
Goodluck to the owner these thieves were idiots and deserved to be cought, they don't even know how to reset a phone and throw out the sim.
19. smartphone posted on 28 Aug 2012, 02:41 2
Ok I posted the above comment in a hurry, my point was most phone tracker works on sim no tracking so any one can throw your sim card.
The system will be more robust if we can track the phone by imei no also.
20. Crossblade posted on 28 Aug 2012, 02:54 3
The carriers (and the Police) can detect a phone by its IMEI as long as it is connected to their network (no matter which SIM is in) and then locate it... :)
24. smartphone posted on 28 Aug 2012, 04:46 0
Yes they can, I was asking that can we track the phone using imei because most of the time police and carriers in India are not helpful in cases of phone theft.
29. -box- posted on 28 Aug 2012, 09:38 0
Limited resources and budget + lots of people
That said, maybe apple should create its own gestapo for stolen phones... They've done it for "missing" prototypes, so....
22. ogy_dogy posted on 28 Aug 2012, 03:19 1
Gotta say this find my phone feature is quite usefull, my lumia has it and gives you some sense of protection against theft. Most pickpockets arent avare of what they are stealing so there is a good chance for them to be hit by hammer of thor for stealing :D
