In a bizarre incident, thieves in the US returned a phone they stole from a man because it was not an iPhone. According to ABC-connected KATV, the incident happened last month with a couple in Washington, DC. The woman told the outlet that she had just finished work “until the early morning hours” and that her husband “insisted that he meet her outside their apartment” to park the car for her. When he returned to the apartment after parking the vehicle, “two masked gentlemen” approached him armed with guns.
“They robbed him, took everything he had in his pockets, took the keys to my truck, got in and drove away,” she said.
While one of the robbers was in a BMW, the other approached the couple on foot.
“They actually looked at that phone and said, 'Oh, that's an Android? We don't want this. I thought it was an iPhone,'” she said. KATV.
The woman said the encounter lasted only seconds but turned her life upside down.
“That was my income. That was how I made money. I did Uber Eats and Instacart, so that was our livelihood,” she said.
In October, thieves stole $50,000 worth of goods from a Gucci store in California. In the video that emerged on social media, a group of people wearing masks were seen entering the store and pushing the security guard. They hurriedly picked up the merchandise and left the store.
Police said based on CCTV footage, the robbers stole wallets and other valuables and the crime was carried out within a minute.
According to a “preliminary” report from the Metropolitan Police, there has been a staggering 70 percent increase in robberies in Washington, DC, compared to last year. The statistics also show that murder cases increased by 32 percent and assaults with dangerous weapons increased by three percent over the same period.