Thief steals phone from car while driver stopped in traffic in Limerick

ON FRIDAY, May 31, a man in his early 20s was driving along O’Connell Street in slow moving traffic. 

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When he stopped at a traffic light, another man pulled open his passenger door, grabbed his phone and ran off with it. 

Sergeant Ber Leetch of Henry Street garda station said people need to be careful and not leave anything of value, such as a bag, wallet, purse, cash or phone, in plain sight. 

She also had this advice: “Check if you can turn on the lock system in your car doors, if they do not already automatically lock when you are driving.”