“It’s a natural instinct to resist if someone tries to steal something out of your hand,” Chris Matyszczyk reports for CNET. “In Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon, that instinct might have cost a 15-year-old boy his life.”
“As the Las Vegas Sun reports, Marcos Vincente Arenas was walking down the street, holding an iPad,” Matyszczyk reports. “Police say an SUV pulled up alongside him. A man allegedly got out of the passenger seat and tried to wrest the iPad from Arenas.”
Matyszczyk reports, “The teen wouldn’t let go of the device, so, investigators say, he was dragged along by the alleged thief toward the vehicle. He was still near the passenger door when the car took off. Arenas was run over and died in hospital of his injuries.”
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“Metro Police also released photos of what were described as a ‘person of interest and a vehicle of interest’ in the case,” Tovin Lapan, Paul Takahashi, and Jackie Valley report for The Las Vegas Sun. “Investigators determined Arenas was walking on the south side of Charleston Boulevard carrying the iPad when a white vehicle, believed to be a Ford Explorer or Expedition manufactured between 2008 and 2010, stopped and a man exited the passenger side of the vehicle.”
“The suspect who exited the vehicle and accosted the teen was described as a white male adult in his late 20s, about 6 feet tall and weighing between 180 and 200 pounds. He has short blond hair, which was slicked back and shaved on the sides and a neatly trimmed beard. He was last seen wearing a white tank top and blue jeans,” Lapan, Takahashi, and Valley report. “The person driving the vehicle was described as a black male adult in his mid-20s with a medium build and a fade haircut. He may have large tattoos on both arms and was last seen wearing a black shirt and possibly a long chain necklace with a pendant.”
Lapan, Takahashi, and Valley report, “The crime is part of a trend called ‘apple picking’ — street slang used to describe thefts of Apple products, such as iPhones, iPods and iPads, Cassell said. ‘They’re valuable; they are something that can be quickly sold,’ he said. ‘They’re lightweight, portable — you can run and hide with them. It’s about the next best thing to stealing money.'”
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