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Theft of iPhone during marketplace meeting near State Rte 38Lafayette IN

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Cambridge Rd, Lafayette, IN 47909

According to the dispatch call, a theft occurred near State Route 38 during a Facebook Marketplace meeting. The suspect took an iPhone after the victim handed it over and fled.

Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe County Law Enforcement
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03:46
Transcript:
00:00
This is going to be a theft.
00:01
This is not going to be a robbery.
00:02
She handed the phone.
00:03
It was supposed to be a Facebook buy.
00:05
She handed it to him and then he just took off with it.
00:08
Clear.
00:10
Disregard the perimeter and this regard county unit.
00:17
200 arriving. Two hundred arriving.
00:24
If we have units trying to look at Cambridge, it's a black male in a black jacket, you need to run into Cambridge.
00:31
That's all I have.
00:34
Lockett 12, we switch back to one of our channels, please.
00:37
Clear will switch back to four.
00:38
We'll switch back to four.
00:39
Twenty-eight.
00:46
Lockett four to five.
00:47
I'm pulling into Cambridge now.
00:48
I'll look around.
00:54
23.
00:56
425-466. I don't have anything else or another description.
01:01
Good.
01:03
I wish she'll tell hair or anything.
01:07
Just whenever you have a second, they'll just speak the subject in the lobby if you want to take a look at that and see if that fourth is responding to.
01:12
Otherwise I'll tell the caller she can go home.
01:15
She's going to have short curly hair.
01:26
I should have a rough estimate of age.
01:34
He's probably going to be his early 20s, and he's already deleted a Facebook profile, so he can't even look at that.
01:40
What is he?
01:41
He caught me how tall was he?
01:50
I went ahead and signed a case, you can clear me from this? But can you generate a suspicious incident,
01:56
3021,
01:57
or you speak in the management?
01:59
Probably about six foot.
02:03
Like a six-foot skinny mail.
02:07
Got me.
02:12
It's going to be a yellow iPhone 15.
02:21
Cable track it and all are sure to reset it.
02:24
No, we're not going to be able to track it.
02:31
2466, 6. I've got a 29 one ready.
02:34
Good.
02:39
So by whole land.
02:40
It's going to be 937-154-754-7219.
02:47
Okay.
02:49
That'll be your service on Alabama Street.
02:56
29.
03:03
Go ahead.
03:07
529 on 2. I'll go to that disturbance.
03:15
476.
03:18
Go ahead.
03:21
She's signal 80, valley drivers.
03:23
Copy, thank you.
03:29
For the disturbance on Alabama, we can use channel five as needed.
03:37
Unfortunately, six, the male could possibly be wearing yellow shoes.
03:40
Thank you. Thank you.

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Cambridge Rd, Lafayette, IN 47909

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Incident Timeline

  1. Suspect and victim descriptions updated
  2. Incident reclassified as theft
  3. Perimeter established and K9 requested
  4. Initial robbery report dispatched

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