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Stabbed for iPhone



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

December 12, 2022 


BRONX - A man was stabbed for his iPhone in front of a smoke shop in Morris Heights. 



At around 6 pm on December 4, a 59-year-old man was standing outside a smoke shop on University Avenue looking at his iPhone. Suddenly a man slapped the phone from his hands and then stabbed him in the arm. 




The attacker scooped the iPhone off the floor and then ran off on Featherbed Lane. 




The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. 


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential. 




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