Crime & Safety
4 New iPhones Stolen From Outside Reading Home: Police
Police are seeking to identify a suspect accused of stealing four new iPhones delivered to a Reading home earlier this week.
READING, MA — Police are looking to identify a suspect accused of stealing four new iPhones. The phones were delivered by FedEx to a High Street home Wednesday.
The victim stated that he got a notification on his phone that the package was delivered at 1:13 p.m.
The next-door neighbor's home security cameras show that at 1:22 p.m., a dark blue SUV pulled up to the front of the home and a lone man walked up to the front porch where the package was delivered.
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This man was carrying a package of his own and scooped up the box containing the iPhones, police said. Then he walked to the SUV, which police said was possibly a dark blue Toyota RAV4, and left the area.
If anyone has additional security footage of the suspect or vehicle, or can identify the person involved, call Reading police at 781-944-1212.
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