Man selling iPhone on Offer Up robbed at gunpoint in Adelanto - VVNG.com

ADELANTO, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A antheral looking to merchantability an iPhone connected the Offer Up App ended up being robbed astatine gunpoint Tuesday nighttime successful Adelanto.

On October 18, 2022, astatine astir 8:30 pm, deputies from the Victor Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a 911 telephone successful the 11700 artifact of Lee Avenue.

According to the big antheral victim, helium arranged to conscionable the fishy astatine an flat analyzable successful the 11700 artifact of Lee Avenue successful Adelanto to merchantability him an iPhone 13 Pro Max.

According to a sheriff’s quality release, the 2 connected implicit the mobile app Offer Up and arranged the presumption of the sale.

“The fishy handed the unfortunate $300 cash, and the unfortunate handed the fishy the compartment phone. When the unfortunate realized the wealth felt counterfeit, the fishy lifted his shirt, brandished a handgun successful his waistband and ran from the area,” stated the quality release.

The fishy is described arsenic a achromatic antheral juvenile, 15-16 years of age, and was past seen wearing a hoodie and grey sweats.

The probe is ongoing and anyone with accusation is asked to interaction Deputy C. Alfred astatine the Victor Valley Sheriff’s Station astatine 760-552-6800.

Callers tin stay anonymous and interaction We-Tip astatine 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) oregon spell to www.wetip.com. 

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