Selling Cell Phone On 'Offer Up' Leads To Stickup

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – Another resident learned the painful lesson that the buy-and-sell app, "Offer Up," can sometimes lead to a stickup.

A New Port Richey resident posted a cell phone for sell on "Offer Up" and arranged to meet an interested buyer at his home at 7907 Chadwick Drive, New Port Richey.

Two men showed up for the meeting. One pushed the seller down and grabbed the cell phone before hitting the seller on the head with a black handgun. The two men fled in a gold-colored Lincoln.

The buyer sustained minor injuries.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office will release more details Tuesday, March 20.

In the meantime, the sheriff’s office is reminding residents who use buy-and-sell Internet sites to always arrange to meet potential buyers or sellers in a public place.

Image via Pasco Sheriff

(For more local news from Pasco County and surrounding areas, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from New Port Richey Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app; download the free Patch Android app here.)