It s our job : Warning after Dunedin student sleuth confronts phone thief
18 Jan, 2021 12:15 AM
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Otago Daily Times
A 20-year-old Dunedin man used an app to track his stolen phone and knocked on the alleged thief s door, prompting a police warning about people taking matters into their own hands.
Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said over the weekend the victim had his phone stolen from a Clyde St address he was visiting, along with an acoustic guitar, Macbook computer and hair straighteners.
He used a Find My iPhone application to track his phone to an address on Walter St, The Glen and knocked on the door.