MBTA Transit Police report an Orange Line rider engrossed in a game on his iPhone 4 failed to notice the guy who was about to snatch it out of his hands as the train pulled into Tufts Medical Center around 12:20 p.m.
However, police say:
The victim gave chase, following Isiah Cooper out onto Washington Street. The victim was yelling for passersby to stop Cooper. Several security guards from Tufts Medical Center happened to be posted in front of the hospital and were able to stop and detain Cooper til arrival of Transit Police.
Cooper, 25, of Jamaica Plain, was charged with unarmed robbery. The victim's iPhone was recovered, police add.
Innocent, etc.
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put him away fo' life
By anon
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 6:31pm
put him away fo' life
He stole an electronic device
By anon
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 9:05am
And he scared people.
The feds should bust up some "cyberterrorism" charges, stat!
Another JamaicaPlainian
By NotWhitey
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 6:40pm
Another JamaicaPlainian ruining Boston. Damn streetcar suburbanites.
Orange Line extreme games
By anon
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 7:14pm
Carrying your cell phone on the Orange Line and flashing it is more dangerous than bungee jumping or cliff diving.
I have been riding the Orange
By anon
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 7:40am
I have been riding the Orange Line all my life. Literally everybody is sitting there on their phones now. I remember a time when people read books or newspapers to pass the time or even, God forbid, conversed with each other.
It's a mugger's market. Glad one was caught but people need to stop displaying their wares so openly.
woah woah woah
By mmac
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 8:31am
conversation? what is this, california?
And they may still be reading books or newspapers
By Ron Newman
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 10:04am
but doing so on their phones.
You don't get out much, do you?
By Sally
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 7:46am
Try riding the Orange Line sometime. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is sitting there staring into an iPhone/Android.
Judge LaTulippe's sentence
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 10:48pm
$500 fine and 50 hours of community service if it's his first offense, 6 months in jail if it isn't.
Judge Dougan would say it's not his fault
By let him go
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 6:38am
The crook should not be blamed... It's not his fault! Sincerely, Judge Raymond G. Dougan
#sigh
By anon
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 11:42am
I have a cheesy smartphone. I like it,think it's useful and fun. And I had for years a windows smartphone where I routinely watched youtube videos, even live streaming webcams and audio, when 90% of people were raving about their nokia or pink razr dumb phones. That said, It's fascinating and disturbing to see how engrossed [obsessed] especially young people are with their droids and iphones. I was watching one young woman on the train yesterday who for a full 16 minutes didn't once look up from her phone, her head deeply bowed the entire time while she scrolled....and scrolled...and scrolled. In fact, the majority of people on the train were playing with their phones, many almost as engrossed as this young woman. And the kicker? It had a GIGANTIC screen and florescent pink skin.
omg and?!???!?
By anon
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 2:50pm
omg and?!???!?
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