An alleged iPhone thief wasn’t too happy to hear he wouldn’t be getting the $1,000 reward the owner of the iPhone had texted the stolen phone.
A Lakewood resident tells TLS he was staying at an assisted living facility in Lakewood, when he noticed his iPhone was missing.
After tracking it down with the ‘locate my iPhone’ app, he made a police report in Lakewood, but police said that because it was in an apartment complex, they could not go door to door. Then the phone was shut.
The victim used the app to text the phone that he was offering a $1,000 to whoever finds his phone.
Sure enough, a the alleged thief did some quick math and called the victim, stating in a voicemail that he has his phone and he wanted to make a deal (listen to audio).
With the iPhone on again, the victim tracked the phone to a home in Toms River. So he contacted the Toms River Police Department, who sent officers to meet him.
Together with the officers, the victim walked up to the home that the phone was pinpointed to.
After some denials and games, the ‘finder’ of the phone brought the phone to the door and asked for his reward for finding the stolen merchandise – but was obviously quite shocked when he heard he wouldn’t be getting the reward, but could be facing charges instead.
“I had everything on my phone,” the victim told TLS. “My schedules, meetings, everything.”
The victim thanked Police Officers Nate Montgomery from the Lakewood Police Department, and Officers Pedlalino and Pelka from the Toms River Police Department.
The victim also wants to remind iPhone users to make sure they have an enabled app that allows you to locate your phone, should it get lost or stolen.
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HaHa! He steals the phone and then thinks he can make a deal! That’s a good one!
These also a setting to remember the previous 24 hours location before the phone gets shut off.
It’s hard to believe he had “everything on his phone” in today’s day and age of cloud-based information. I suggest this important fellow speak to his local teenager to find out how he can protect his information even if he loses his iPhone.