Boy fails to snag cell phone

A teenaged boy was foiled in his attempt to steal a woman’s cell phone Monday, police said.

The 22-year-old woman was sitting on the bus holding her phone at Third and Williams streets around 3:30 p.m. when a 16-year-old boy snuck up behind her and tried to grab her phone, cops said.

The woman struggled with the punk and was able to snag back her phone, police said.

The rapscallion fled and got away empty-handed.

rnagle@sfexaminer.com

Bay Area NewsCrimeCrime & CourtsLaw and DisorderSan Francisco

Previous story
San Francisco city workers home on furlough for holidays
Next story
Holiday packages stolen from Foster City homes

Just Posted

The numbers show nearly 14 percent of San Francisco voters who participated in the Sept. 14 recall election wanted to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom from elected office. (Shutterstock photo) (Shutterstock photo)
How San Francisco neighborhoods voted in the Newsom recall

Sunset tops the list as the area with the most ‘yes’ votes

Alison Collins, a member of the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education, listens during a board meeting. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)
Alison Collins speaks: Embattled SF school board member confronts the recall effort

‘It’s important for folks to know what this recall is about. It’s bigger than any one of us.’

Passengers board a BART train at Powell Street station on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)
Powell Station death serves as a grim reminder. BART doors don’t stop for anyone

What you need to know about safety sensors on the trains

A group of Asian American protesters demonstrate outside the Hall of Justice in May 2021 following a series of violent attacks. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
Asian American groups activated by violence and prejudice

‘There is a newfound sense of fighting back … push come to shove’

Is the Black Cat affair a distraction from the recovery of The City’s storied nightlife industry or does Mayor Breed’s behavior inadvertently highlight the predicament the industry’s been in since San Francisco reinstated indoor mask requirements on Aug. 20? (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner, 2021)
Mayor Breed mask controversy highlights nightlife businesses’ plight

‘It’s what all the venues and bars are living every single day’

Most Read