Coachella is always full of surprise ( like whenRadiohead quitearlier this week after audio problems ) , but this year ’s large surprise seems to have happened far out from the main stage . On Friday , a New York man was arrested after allegedly stealing more than 100 cell phones from concert attendees in one of the more bizarre criminal offence ever give at the music festival .
Reinaldo De Jesus Henao , 36 , was bust after several concert - goers activate the “ Find My Phone ” feature on their lost smartphones and noticed that the signals led them straight to him . The trial by ordeal was several days in the making and , harmonise to the Indio Police Department , it guide an equal crusade by authorities and medicine devotee to arrest the prolific smartphone bandit .
“ I noticed some chatter on societal media about phone disappear on Reddit , ” state Indio Police Sergeant Dan Marshall in an interview with Gizmodo . “ One of the common yarn [ among Reddit poster ] was that they were all losing their phones at the Sahara tent . ”
The police then dedicated more resources to keeping a vigil over the collapsible shelter , but finally the spare exercise set of eyes did n’t aid . “ In this case , the fans come through , ” Sergeant Marshall separate Gizmodo . “ mass started using the ‘ Find My Phone ’ feature on their phone and sure enough — the great unwashed spot a dot going through the tent , and they alarm sureness . [ The police force ] train over from there after security system had him detained . ”
As you may probably guess , it ’s fairly common for people to recede their earpiece during a political party - meet weekend at Coachella . “ Cellphones are lose by the hundreds at Coachella , and that has been the instance for many twelvemonth , ” say Sergeant Marshall .
Now , most of the people who lost their telephone set can breathe more well . According to Sergeant Marshall , more than 130 phones were pull in from Henao ’s knapsack and most of them have been returned to their true possessor .
In the end , it really lend a minuscule solidarity between festival - departer and authorities . “ The kids at Coachella are not here to do unfit thing , ” order Sergeant Marshall . “ They turn in speech sound they find , wallets with cash in them . People hand you all kinds of stuff … The kids are just here to have a good time . ”
[ Los Angeles Times ]
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