Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street in the city's midtown section.
Carol Costello was walking on a busy street in Atlanta last week around 4.30pm when three teenagers ran up behind her and grabbed the phone out of her hand.
The anchor struggled with one of them as he tried to wrestle the device out of her hand but when he pulled out a chunk of her hair, she let go.
"As he ran down the street, laughing, I hurled a few expletives his way," Costello wrote on her Facebook page.
"I felt no fear at the time, I was just angry," she said. "Now I'm angry, shaken and sad. What a lousy life those kids have ahead of them."
No arrests have been made but police have released a description of the teen who took the phone.
He's described as a black male with dark skin, around 5 feet 8 inches tall. He is skinny with black, curly hair. The teen was wearing a light gray or light blue sweatshirt with thin dark blue stripes at the time.
According to ABC news, "cities across the country are on alert as officials warn of an uptick in stolen Apple products, dubbed "Apple picking" where thieves steal iPhones, wipe them clean and sell them for up to one thousand bucks.'
She then warns people not to talk on their iPhone as they walk down the street and if someone does try to steal the phone, let go.
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