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iPhone thief strikes again!

By Gersh Kuntzman
The Brooklyn Paper

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The bike-riding iPhone thief has struck again!

In what has become a reign of terror in the northern part of Park Slope, a 5-foot-6 cyclist has swiped another of the expensive smartphones right out of the hand of its user.

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The latest crime occurred on Jan. 24 at around 9:30 pm as a 32-year-old woman — the bandit’s victim of choice — was talking on the phone as she walked on Union Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

As the victim strolled, the thief silently rolled up on her from behind, punching her in the side of her face as he grabbed the phone out of her hand — again, his typical M.O. during the spate of recent cases.

The victim, who lives on Sterling Place, canvassed the area with cops, but did not find the thief, who is wanted in at least a dozen thefts and attempts since last year.

Last week’s police blotter, in fact, featured an account of the same thief who tried to steal an iPhone from a chatty pedestrian on Jan. 23 — just one day before the latest incident.

In that case, the bike-riding bandit was foiled as he tried to grab the phone from a 48-year-old woman on Park Place between Fifth and Sixth avenues at around 6:15 pm.

Witnesses briefly chased the assailant, but he got away.

©2010 Community Newspaper Group

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