Three weeks ago a member of the community had his car window broken into and his cell phone stolen from the glove compartment. He filed a police report, and went to the Cingular store on Kingston Ave, and asked the manger to call him if his phone makes its way there.
This past Friday a black male brought that above mentioned cell phone into the Cingular store asking to buy a charger and to sign up for service. The manager upon recognizing the cell phone, called the owner asking him to come down to the store to confirm that it was his phone. Needing to buy time until the owner arrived to identify the phone, the manager told the customer that “we need to wait for the phone to be fully charged and ensure its working properly, before we can sign you up for service” .
When the owner arrived he identified the phone as being his, and in turn the police were called. The police arrived on the scene and spoke to the man who claimed he bought the phone from a guy on Kingston & Fulton and knew it was stolen. The cop asked him if he was aware that he can get arrested for doing so, to which he replied “yes”. The cops then let him go, and returned the phone to its owner.