ecoATM Helps Police Arrest Jogger Robber

Crook tries to recycle iPhone for cash.

A man who swiped a jogger's iPhone along the Embarcadero was nabbed after trying to exchange the phone for cash.

At an ecoATM, where cell phones can be recycled, according to reports.

ecoATM machines, known to police as "electronic pawnshops," allow people to trade in used electronics for cold hard cash -- but such transactions require ID, according to the San Francisco Examiner.

The robber, who nabbed an iPhone 4 at The Embarcadero and Brannan Street from a female jogger June 11, used his ID to trade in the iPhone for cash 20 minutes after his heist, the newspaper reported.

Police were able to find his address from his ID, and visited his San Bruno home on June 23, the newspaper reported. He was found in his front yard, where he was arrested and booked into County Jail on felony charges.
 

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