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Stuart Police: Man arrested trying to return stolen iPhone to owner

September 18th, 2009 by TCPalm.com

STUART — Police said they took a man into custody Wednesday after he bought a stolen iPhone and tried returning it to its owner.

Johnny Harris, 29, of the 7700 block of Southeast Kingsway Street, Hobe Sound, was charged with dealing in stolen property. He was being held at the Martin County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Stuart police said a house burglary happened Monday in which the intruders took the iPhone, according to the arrest affidavit. Harris told police he ran into someone Tuesday night who sold it to him for $175, the affidavit said.

The owner of the iPhone contacted Harris, who agreed to a rendezvous in the 2300 block of South Federal Highway to return the device. When Harris arrived, officers took him into custody. Police said in the affidavit that Harris should have known the phone was stolen.
TCPalm.com

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2 Responses to “Stuart Police: Man arrested trying to return stolen iPhone to owner”

  1. DM Says:
    September 18th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    Johnny Harris=Dumbass!

  2. LoveMyiPhone Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 2:00 am

    What an idiot.
    I wish it was my iPhone that got stolen!
    I did find this website to report the iPhone stolen:
    http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-iPhone.php
    Hopefully someone as silly as this guy tries to sell it and gets busted.

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