SOUTH EL MONTE — A man made off with an iPhone 5 after brandishing a pair or wire cutters at a cell phone store employee Saturday, officials said.
The robbery took place about 5 p.m. at a T-Mobile store in the 1800 block of Durfee Avenue, Sgt. Bensahile of the sheriff’s Temple Station said. He declined to give his first name.
A store employee noticed a man using wire cutters to open up a case containing cell phones, the sergeant said.
When confronted by a store employee, “He raised the wire cutters in a threatening manner,” Bensahile said. The thief then ran off with an iPhone 5 valued at $650.
He was described as a Latino man between 20 and 25 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, Bensahile added. He wore a red shirt and blue pants.