This content was created by Robert Siciliano. This content was uploaded by Robert Siciliano. This is a YouTube news segment titled "Mobile phones stolen on MBTA Boston" (posted 2015-08-12). It is a Fox 25 News report with reporter Ted Daniel live from the JFK-UMass station about a string of cell phone thefts on the MBTA (Red Line), including an interview with victim Saki Arty and comments from personal security consultant Robert Siciliano advising riders to keep phones hidden. Anchors (Mike and Maria) are referenced and the story recounts specific theft incidents and safety advice.
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Wait for that. All right, Sarah, thank you. So smartphones, we know they cost a lot of money, which is why thieves have been trying to steal them on the T.
New at 10 tonight, advice on how to make sure your phone isn't stolen. Fox 25's Ted Daniel live at the JFK-UMass stop in Dorchester. And Ted, you spoke with one rider who had to fight to keep her phone.
She still has the phone, Mike and Maria, but the screen is cracked because it got knocked to the ground during the The struggle— that happened a few weeks ago on the Orange Line. Here on the Red Line, security cameras captured cell phone thieves in action just a couple nights ago. It's a long list, and you can add these guys to it. Suspected cell phone thieves targeting T riders. Police say they grabbed an iPhone 6 from a woman at the JFK-UMass station, knocking her to the ground in the process.
I was like bawling my eyes out. I picked up my phone and I called my mom.
Saki Arty, a college student from Dorchester, isn't surprised. Last month, a man tried to grab her iPhone as her train was approaching a stop.
He looked like a normal guy that was just sitting across from me, and then when he stood up, he stood up a little bit before the doors opened, and as soon as the doors opened, he like reached, like lunged for it.
That's the most common scenario, when the train doors open and lots of people are coming and going. But thieves will take any opportunity. Last summer, FOX 25 told you about this guy accused of swiping a T employee's phone from a customer service booth. Personal security consultant Robert Siciliano says unless you need it, keep your phone hidden, not in your hands.
Look at your iPhone like it's $500 in cash. You wouldn't count $500 out in the open. You shouldn't carry an iPhone out in the open.
Sikia Arty's phone fell and cracked when the thief tried to grab it. He left without it. If it happened to her, she says—
It could happen to anyone.
These guys are shameless. Police tell us that a T employee tried to detain the two guys who we pictured off the top of the story here at the Red Line, but in the process of trying to detain one of them, the employee's phone fell out. The thief grabbed that as well, and both got away. Reporting live in Dorchester, Ted Daniel, Fox 25 News.
