Crime & Safety

CNN Anchor's iPhone Snatched in Midtown

Carol Costello was in the middle of a conversation on her iPhone when she says teens ran up behind her, and one snatched the phone, WSB TV reports.

CNN anchor Carol Costello's iPhone was stolen in midtown May 2 by teens as she was in the middle of a conversation, WSB TV reports.

Here is part of Costello's Facebook post last Friday about the incident, which WSB says took place as she walked southbound in the 1100 block of Piedmont Ave.:

Good Morning. In retrospect, what happened to me yesterday is insignificant in light of what happened in the Boston.
Still, I feel the need to vent. And isn't that what friends are for?
I was robbed.
And I am angry.
I was walking down a beautiful, leafy Atlanta street, talking on my IPhone.
Guess what happened next?
Three teenagers ran up behind me. One of them grabbed my IPhone. Stupidly I struggled to hold on-to it. But, he was a big guy. And he pulled out a chunk my hair.
I let go.
As he ran down the street, laughing, I hurled a few expletives his way.

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According to WSB, Costello described the person who took the phone as a skinny black male with dark skin and curly hair, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, dressed in a light gray or light blue sweatshirt with thin dark blue stripes.


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