Laptop Robbery Gets Violent in SF Cafe

Posted on April 10, 2006 by deebeedee

Here’s what the victim had to say about the incident at a wi-fi enabled cafe in San Francisco:

“I looked up, and I saw this guy leaning into me as if he was asking a question,” he said. “I leaned forward, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone fiddling with the computer cord. I tried to stand up, and as I stepped back, he stabbed me in the chest.”

So far this type of violence hasn’t happened in other major Bay Area cities like San Jose, Palo Alto and Berkeley. I still feel pretty safe in my corner of suburbia. I may have to get a hold of this, this and this however, if I ever plan to use my iBook in San Francisco.

Related: San Francisco chooses Google and Earthlink to provide the city free wireless internet access. San Francisco already has the most free wi-fi hotspots in the world according to MetroFreeFi’s database.

via boingboing

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2 Responses to Laptop Robbery Gets Violent in SF Cafe

  1. markmomukhamo says:
    April 10, 2006 at 10:52 pm

    Heard about this one and that was pretty brazen of the thieves.
    I read somewhere awhile back to not keep laptop bags in plain view in parked cars in the Palo Alto/Mountain View/San Jose area. Then again that’s always a good precaution anywhere.

  2. deebeedee says:
    April 11, 2006 at 8:20 am

    Yup, someone I know had his laptop stolen that way in San Jose. His car got broken into because his laptop was in plain sight. Doh.

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