Craigslist Sale Turns Suspicious

A Brookfield man selling an iPhone on Craigslist called police after an alleged buyer fled on foot during a meeting.

According to a police report:

The Dane Court resident said he saw two men driving around his court in a Mercedes or Jaguar shortly before he got a call from a man interested in buying the iPhone.

Ten minutes after the phone call, a man walked up to the house and said his mother had just dropped him off to check out the iPhone.  But the seller became suspicious when the potential buyer was holding the phone and looking around.

The owner grabbed the phone back and asked how the man planned to pay for it. The man said his mother had the money and ran out of sight, with no vehicle in view, the report said.