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Search Comes Up Empty for iPhone Robbery Suspect

Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Jan. 10-16 included 79 alarms, 22 crashes and 11 arrests. Among the highlights: West Bloomfield Police Lt. Tim Diamond said that investigators lost track of a man suspected to have taken an iPhone from a 16-year-old West Bloomfield boy. Diamond continued that the two had met on Craigslist, where the two had reached an agreement for the boy to sell his iPhone 4 for $180 and met at Caribou Coffee at about 10 p.m. Jan. 11. Shortly after meeting the interested buyer, the boy let him inspect the iPhone for damage, Diamond said. The suspect then took off on foot, south through the parking lot, Diamond continued. Farmington Police K-9 units could not find the suspect and it is believed he …

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Anne Seebaldt

5:16 pm on Wednesday, December 28, 2011

I got a Nook Tablet (thanks Mom and Dad). Still learning how to use it, but except for a frantic call to the Barnes and Noble to find out how to get to the keyboard to register it, I've figured quite a bit out on my own.   more ›