BPD Community Alert: The Boston Police Department is alerting the community about a series of recent cell phone thefts occurring after individuals leave nightclubs and bars in the city. These incidents have been reported in the Downtown, Back Bay, Fenway, and Seaport areas, primarily between the hours of 11:30 PM and 2:00 AM.

Current tactics utilized by suspects have included – stealing phones during or after ride shares, offering unsolicited rides, and utilizing physical or verbal threats or violence against victims. In previous cases, suspects pickpocketed victims, “shoulder surfed” to observe and steal passcodes, asked to borrow phones to make a call or to exchange contact or social media info, or offered to take photos or videos for victims.

Once in possession of the phone, susp

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