This alert gives notice to taxi drivers and Uber drivers operating in the 1st (Central) District of theft / robbery related incidents that occurred during the month of January. Offenders have presented various ruses to distract cab drivers and Uber drivers in order to steal cell phones: Offenders pretended to hand out fliers on the public way while accomplices opened the front passenger door and took the drivers’ phone. Offenders have gotten into cabs for hire and taken cell phones while the driver was distracted by a second rider. In one incident, the accomplice displayed a black handgun.
