SAN DIEGO — Big crowds mean big opportunity for thieves, and over Pride weekend, bar owners in Hillcrest reported cellphone thefts. Now, with Comic-Con about to bring thousands more visitors to the Gaslamp Quarter, News 8 is looking at how to keep your phone out of a thief’s hands.
At Gossip Grill, staff says they’ve been trained to spot pickpockets in the crowd. Owner Moe Girton said her team recently caught a man stealing a phone and held him until security arrived.
“There’s a certain way they are looking at things that we’ve, like, got you,” Girton said. “So then we start following them around and seeing if we can catch them in the act.”…