The cell phone is taken at 0:36 of this security video.
OLD TOWN — A pair of sneaky teen thieves swiped a smartphone Wednesday from a women's clothing store in Old Town.
"They came in fast," said Sara Plocker, owner of Sara Jane, 1343 N. Wells St. "They just came in and pretended they were going to buy something and just were grabbing my phone."
The midafternoon theft was caught on store surveillance video.
Plocker said she believes they were in the store trying the same distraction tactic on Monday, when she chased them out. She said she heard from the owners of Green, a florist at 1718 N. Wells, and String a Strand, 1361 N. Wells, that they were in those stores as well on Monday.
Sara Jane, 1343 N. Wells St
"They've been going up and down the street," she said. "It's clearly a situation."
The phone, which was sitting near the main desk and cash register when taken, was an iPhone 6 she had just bought for $600.
Sara Jane is located on a quiet stretch of Wells, kitty corner from the Franklin Fine Arts Center, 225 W. Evergreen Ave.
"I've been here 16 years," Plocker said. "This hasn't happened before."
A police report was filed, but Chicago Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Here is a closeup shot of the actual theft:
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