POLICE A VIOLENT ROBBERS
ARE ON THE RUN, TARGETING APPLE
STORE CUSTOMERS.
IT IS HAPPENING ABROAD DAYLIGHT
ACROSS MANHATTAN.
HERE IS CBS2'S CORY JAMES.
Reporter: THIS VIDEO IS
QUICK AND SO IS THE MAN WEARING
BEDPANS.
WATCHES HOW HE REACHES THE END
THE WOMAN SITTING DOWN AND
SNATCHES HER LAPTOP IN THE
SHOPPING BAG.
OH MY!
IT DEFINITELY MAKES ME WANT
TO HOLD MY BACK CLOSE TO ME.
FOR SURE.
Reporter: AUTHORITY SAFETY
SUSPECT SPOTTED THE WOMAN AND
FOLLOWED HER TO THE NAIL SALON
ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE.
A CRIME THAT NYPD SAYS HAS BEEN
HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY SINCE
JUNE 30th.
MOST RECENTLY THIS PAST SUNDAY,
LEAVING BRANDON WOODS FEELING
UNEASY AFTER WALKING OUT WITH A
$80 CHARGER.
I AM WALKING AROUND WITH
THIS SEPARATELY AND I NEED TO
PUT IN MY BAG.
JUST HOLD ON TIGHT.
Reporter: SO FAR POLICE A
TOTAL OF 15 THEFTS HAVE BEEN
INCLUDED, INCLUDING THIS ONE
WHERE TWO SUSPECTS ARE SEEN
JOGGING AND MOMENTS LATER
RACING DOWN THE SIDEWALK WITH
STOLEN GOODS.
YOU ARE RUNNING A RISK.
Reporter: THE KEY IS TO
AVOID BEING AN EASY TARGET.
YOU ARE A NATURALLY -- YOUR
LUXURY ITEM DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
IN A BAG THAT IS SCREAMING OUT,
HEY, I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE ITEM.
ESPECIALLY IF IT IS CLEAR.
Reporter: AS POLICE CONTINUE
TO DO SURVEILLANCE OUTSIDE
SOURCE, THEY WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT THESE ALLEGED CROOKS.
THESE THIEVES THEY SAY ARE
WORKING TOGETHER BY STAKING THE
APPLE STORE'S TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF CUSTOMERS.
I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD
PROBABLY BE CAUTIOUS IN
GENERAL.
WHEN THEY ARE CARRYING FLASHY
THINGS.
Reporter: AN APPLE
SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY ARE
AWARE OF THE ROBBERIES AND ARE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE LEAVING THE
STORE'S TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
