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Woman's iPhone Swiped From Her Hands While Sitting on a Bench in SoHo: NYPD

January 29, 2016 1:19pm | Updated February 1, 2016 8:41am
A woman's phone was grabbed after a stranger asked for the time in Duarte Square, police said.
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SOHO — A Manhattan woman had her iPhone 6 grabbed from her hands as she sat on a bench in Duarte Square last week, police said.

The 29-year-old was sitting outside on Sixth Avenue near Grand Street at about 12:30 p.m. when a man approached her and asked "Do you have the time?" according to a police report.

As she lifted up her iPhone to look at the time, another man swiped the phone from her hands, and the two thieves ran off.

The woman chased the men, but lost them after a few blocks, police said.

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