VALENTINA- FACEBOOK MARKET PLACE HAS ALLOWED YOU TO SELL YOUR ITEMS AT EASE, ALTHOUGH YOU MUST TAKE PREVENTATIVE STEPS IN ORDER TO NOT BECOME A VICTIM OF A ROBBERY.
ON MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 7:30, A YOUNG WOMAN WAS ROBBED AT GUN POINT TRYING TO SELL HER APPLE WATCH.
THIS HAPPENED ON THE 100 BLOCK OF MCALLISTER AVENUE.
POLICE SAID SEVERAL MEN SURROUNDED HER, TOOK HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AND THEN FLED THE SCENE.
VALENTINA- POLICE SPOKESPERSON OF THE SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT MATTHEW MALINOWSKI GUIDES YOU THROUGH SOME WAYS YOU CAN SAFETY SELL YOUR ITEMS ONLINE.
MALINOWSKI- IF YOU’RE GONNA BUY AND SELL STUFF ONLINE THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS YOUR SAFETY NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY.
VALENTINA- LIEUTENANT MALINOWSKI ADVISES THAT YOU TRY TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON YOU ARE MEETING BY DOING A SEARCH OR POSSIBLY ASKING FOR AN ID.
HE ALSO SAYS MEETING IN A VERY PUBLIC PLACE WITH A FRIEND IS CRUCIAL TO LOWERING YOUR CHANCES.
HE SAYS THERE IS NO PATTERN, THE ROBBERIES JUST COME IN WAVES
MALINOWSKI – BUT WE’LL SEE, A GROUP OF SUSPECTS DECIDE TO ENGAGE IN THIS BEHAVIOR ONCE WE MAKE THAT ARREST IT’LL STOP FOR A WHILE BUT THEN IT SEEMS THAT ANOTHER GROUP OF CRIMINALS DECIDE THAT THEY WANNA TRY IT.
BUT AGAIN WE NOW KNOW WHEN WE SEE THESE THINGS START TO HAPPEN THEY START TO BECOME KIND OF TRENDS SO THATS WHY WE WANT TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY ON IT
VALENTINA – REMEMBER, ALWAYS STAY ALERT. YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL FROM SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, IM VALENTINA LAFRANCA… N-C-C NEWS
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS)- A robbery recently took place on McAllister Avenue of the South Side that bargains the question of how you can safely sell your items online.
On Sept. 28, there was an incident involving a 20-year-old woman who attempted to sell her Apple Watch. Alone, she became surrounded by several men, one who had a handgun. Public Informations Officer of the Syracuse Police Department, Lieutenant Matthew Malinowski, said the men demanded her property and she complied. The men then left the scene.
The victim of the robbery said she had contacted the potential buyer through Facebook market place. Lt. Malinowski said this is not the only Facebook market place sale gone wrong.
Malinowski wants to ensure people are taking precautions to be safe and asks that if a person is pursuing a sale, they bring a friend, exchange in a very public setting, and research the buyer before hand.
With burglaries such as these, Malinowski said there is no certain pattern and it most comes in waves. Groups will see others fail or succeed at stealing and want to try for themselves.
“We have to remember that there’s an inherent risk that exists because people want to take advantage,” Malinowski said.
The investigation is ongoing. Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call them at (315) 442-5200
