One woman’s multiple misjudgements led to the theft of her valuables in the early hours of Sept. 14 when she falsely believed the men she shared a taxi with to be moral citizens.
A 19-year-old Madison woman loaned her iPhone to one of two men with whom she had been sharing a cab on the 1000 block of West Johnson Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
DeSpain said in a statement the man walked off with the victim’s phone after they exited the taxi. She then invited the second man, 20-year-old Sidney Ivy, back to her apartment to figure out how to get her phone back from his friend.
Ivy did not help the woman retrieve her phone and instead stole her watch and cash, according to DeSpain.
Using Leads Online, an online law enforcement site, the MPD found the watch had been taken to a pawn shop owned by the same man who stole it, according to police.
Police arrested Ivy for theft and bail jumping.
