MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire police are warning pedestrians to think twice before lending their cell phones to strangers.
Manchester police say they responded to two incidents Monday in which a teenage boy asked a bystander to borrow her cell phone, then fled with the phone.
Police say the first incident happened about 2:30 p.m. on Central Street. The second incident happened at about 7 p.m. on Hanover Street.
The victims of both thefts were women.
Police are urging pedestrians to hold onto their cell phones.
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