The Boston Police Department is alerting the community to a recent increase in cell phone robberies in the Downtown area, including two incidents this week that resulted in arrests and a third that remains under active investigation.
DOWNTOWN CROSSING
At about 10:14 a.m. on Monday, July 20, officers assigned to District A-1 responded to a report of a robbery in progress at a business in the 600 block of Washington Street. Investigators learned that the victim was standing at the register with her cell phone in hand when a suspect approached and pulled the phone from her hand before fleeing the store on foot toward Tremont Street. The victim declined medical attention…