Cell Phone Theft

• 10 teens charged after several cell phones stolen in Durham Region: police

  Durham Regional Police said police received "multiple reports" of thefts from online ads.

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  Feb 22, 2023
  
• Kingston, Ont. police looking to identify theft suspect

  The Kingston police are appealing to the public for their assistance in identifying a suspect involved in a theft at a downtown library.

  Crime

  Feb 14, 2023
  
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• Okotoks girls hockey team helps teen reunite with stolen cellphone

  Calgary police are working to stop the increase of cellphone thefts, but some people never get reunited with their stolen cells. But one particular case resulted in a happy ending.

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  Apr 6, 2022
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• Video: Thieves steal $17,000 in phones, accessories from Trail, B.C. retailer

  Security video captured two suspects as they broke into a mobile phone store and helped themselves to $17,000 worth of iPhones and other products.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2021
• B.C. man charged with robbery after allegedly shoving woman to the ground, stealing her phone

  Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a man has been charged in connection with a violent cell phone robbery at the King George SkyTrain station.

  Dec 5, 2019
• Transit police looking for woman who stole phone from disabled man on Surrey bus

  Police say the extra-large phone "meant a great deal" to the university student, who uses a wheelchair and is paralyzed in one hand.

  Crime

  Sep 25, 2019
• Kingston police warn of multiple cell phone thefts in Hub area

  Police said most of the victims reported their phones being taken from purses they were wearing while out at a bar in the Hub area.

  Crime

  Sep 25, 2019
• Four arrested in mid-day Calgary cellphone store robbery

  Four individuals, two men and two male youths, have been arrested following a cell phone store robbery in Calgary.

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2018
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• ‘Treat your phone like cash’: Vancouver police warn about slight rise in cellphone thefts

  While Vancouver Police say the number of cellphone robberies on the city's streets has been decreasing since 2012, they are reminding the public once again how they can help reduce the risk of getting their phone stolen.

  Apr 5, 2016
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• Winnipeg police catch second transit phone thief

  WINNIPEG – Police have located the second suspect in connection to two cell phone robberies on a transit bus. On Saturday police arrested and charged 23-year-old Kyle James Letandre. After asking for the public’s assistance police located and charged the second suspect,  20-year-old Walter Aaron Russell. Two women had their cell phones stolen on separate...

  Aug 30, 2015