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9/15/14

Dim Crims: Suspect calls cops over stolen phone

According to the Seattle Police Department, a 20-year-old suspect called 911 around 4 p.m. Saturday from a gas station. She said a man was following her and accusing her of taking his phone.
Officers arrived to find the suspect standing with a 21-year-old man, who had multiple cuts and bruises.
According to police, the suspect told officers she and her boyfriend were sitting near the 21-year-old on a Metro bus when he woke up from a nap, accused them of stealing his cellphone and attacked them as they ran from the bus. According to the 21-year-old, that's not quite how it happened. He told officers he was sitting on the bus with his eyes closed when suddenly the music he had been listening to stopped. He opened his eyes to see the suspect and a man with his phone.
The 21-year-old said he asked the couple to return his phone only to have them punch and kick him in the head. He told officers the couple ran off the bus,, and he followed them. He said the other man kept running, while the suspect stopped to call 911.
According to police, the suspect denied taking the victim's phone until officers noticed a phone-shaped bulge in her pocket. Officers reportedly found both the victim's phone and three grams of crack on the suspect.
She was booked into King County Jail for investigation of robbery and drug possession. Source [BJS]