Thieves Finally Realize That That Sleek Clipboard Thing People Are Walking Around With These Days Is Not Some Sort Of Census-Taking Device But Rather An Expensive Apple Product Worth Jacking

Although written in a quippy, generally entertaining style, I usually find the Brooklyn Paper crime blotter depressing and try to avoid it, as I want to believe that there is less crime than there probably is.

But sometimes it’s useful, like when it shows how long it takes technology to get stolen, which in this case is 55 days*:

Brooklyn has had its first reported iPad theft — a swipe that occurred near Fort Greene Park on May 28.

The 23-year-old victim told police that he was playing on the revolutionary tablet computer near the corner of Park and Waverly avenues at 7:45 pm when someone ran up behind him and snatched the device out of his hand.

*The iPad Wi-Fi model was released April 3, 2010.