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Teens Steal Over $13K In iPhones From Natick Apple Store In ‘Flash Mob’ Robbery (Boston)
boston.cbslocal.com ^ | Oct. 20, 2016

Posted on 10/21/2016 9:24:22 AM PDT by PROCON

NATICK (CBS) — A group of thieves stole over $13,000 in iPhones from the Apple store in the Natick Mall in a “flash mob” robbery.

Natick Police Lt. Cara Rossi said a group of seven teens were only in the store for less than one minute, but were able to steal 19 phones.

In the video below, the thieves can be seen cutting the security cords that tethered the iPhones to their displays all at the same time.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: boston; crime; flashmob; teens
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To: Terry Mross

Aspiring Rapper

North American euphemism for a member of the urban criminal class. This unusual occupation is usually mentioned in conjunction with the subject either being slain or being taken into custody for a violent or property-related crime. A relative of the subject usually points out that the subjects demise or incarceration comes at an extremely inopportune moment, occurring just as they subject was "turning they(sic) life around."

Special K Icey Eight had a checkered past, but his mother insisted he was a "good boy" who was just turning his life around, when the aspiring rapper was gunned down by a homeowner after breaking into the house via the kitchen window.

21 posted on 10/21/2016 9:45:12 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: PROCON

In MA, any theft over $250 is Grand Larceny, making it a felony. These numb nuts could face years in prison for stealing phones which, A. can be “bricked” to make them useless, and B. have a built in GPS tracking device.

It is like choosing the most stupid thing one might choose to steal. It has no value to fence and it broadcasts your current location.


22 posted on 10/21/2016 9:45:52 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Voting Trump. It is not just a vote, it is a chance to burn down the rotten Uniparty.)
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To: Terry Mross
Without watching the video can I assume they’re not Amish?

If they're not from Boston (about 15 miles away) they're probably from a small area that's only 2 or 3 miles away...populated by Brazilians whose paperwork isn't entirely in order...if ya catch my drift.

Basically,Natick Mall is well known in Greater Boston as being where the rich go to shop.So it would be logical to see it as a target for any crook.

23 posted on 10/21/2016 9:46:20 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: KarlInOhio

Better: the devices “brick” when removed from the store’s Wi-Fi network, and likely send location & photos until the battery dies.

It’s effective enough that Apple is actually removing all physical security tethers from all devices in the store.


24 posted on 10/21/2016 9:47:22 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: PROCON

Hopefully Apple can kill all phones reported stolen. Though if the phone is IDed by an added Simms card this may not be possible.


25 posted on 10/21/2016 9:48:05 AM PDT by citizen (Sanctuary cities: Illegals move in for free stuff, residents move out b/c they can't pay the taxes.)
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To: Terry Mross

Yes, “Amish” teens.


26 posted on 10/21/2016 9:51:39 AM PDT by PROCON (David didn't need to know Goliath's strength because he already knew God's)
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To: All

shoot them all dead.


27 posted on 10/21/2016 9:52:04 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: PROCON

“Find My iPhone”

Too bad kiddies...


28 posted on 10/21/2016 9:54:10 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: PROCON

Interesting to see “Comments Closed” on the original article, I guess the thought the ones there are “racist.”


29 posted on 10/21/2016 9:54:24 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Gay State Conservative

Framingham .


30 posted on 10/21/2016 9:59:12 AM PDT by lonerepubinma
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To: KarlInOhio
Will Apple do a remote kill on them as soon as they get on any phone network? And the phones too. :-)

These display units were specially equipped with Samsung Galaxy Note 7 batteries.

31 posted on 10/21/2016 10:01:08 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: lonerepubinma
Framingham

No,Weston! ;-)

32 posted on 10/21/2016 10:03:01 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: PROCON

“Teens,” again, huh?


33 posted on 10/21/2016 10:05:34 AM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: PROCON
There was another black flash mob heist at the Apple Store in Hingham MA, about 50 miles from Natick, back in early September. Wonder if it was the same crew trying to get iPhones that work this time.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/09/06/large-group-teenagers-rob-apple-store-hingham/hsaJXuP6Ka7NsDarqlgj6J/story.html

34 posted on 10/21/2016 10:08:45 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: PROCON
Hey, wait just a minute... those aren't "teens."

Those are all black criminals, completely sociopathic animals who do not belong anywhere in a peaceful, law-abiding society.

Cage 'em or kill 'em, it makes no difference. They don't belong here, they have no place here, and if allowed to go unchecked, they will destroy what's left of our once-great society. They have willfully forfeited their rights as free citizens, whom they are all the thus-avowed enemies of.

Crack addled woofy bones. I say let pigs eat them alive.

35 posted on 10/21/2016 10:19:25 AM PDT by Gargantua ("President Trump... nice ring to it..." ;^)
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To: Maverick68
"...shoot them all dead."

Precisely. Or, just break their legs with sledghammers, and then throw their bleeding carcasses into a pen of half-starved giant swine. Let them be eaten alive by screaming pigs while "Live Streaming" it online.

Promise every pigment-challenged negro-speaking criminal out there, as well as all Radical Jihadi Muslims... that this is what will happen to every one we catch.

All this crap will end IMMEDIATELY. What is required is a truly terrifying consequence for these actions. You'll only have to feed a handful of these anal-warts to the swine, and it's all over.

Do we have the spine for this? We certainly have the swine for it... and the inner cities just loaded with piggy snacks!

36 posted on 10/21/2016 10:29:45 AM PDT by Gargantua ("President Trump... nice ring to it..." ;^)
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To: PROCON

Look at all those white guys in blackface!


37 posted on 10/21/2016 10:39:14 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Gargantua

It becomes problematic if statists decide the same punishment should apply to folks promoting conservative ideals! ;-)

38 posted on 10/21/2016 10:40:33 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Mears

get used to it....


39 posted on 10/21/2016 10:41:30 AM PDT by cherry
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To: PROCON

They’re Obama’s sons, means they’re not that smart.


40 posted on 10/21/2016 10:42:10 AM PDT by Fireone (The future must belong to those who tell the truth about Islam.)
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