CNN Anchor Robbed! Carol Costello Says Her iPhone Was Snatched While She Was Talking On It!

News anchor takes to Facebook to "vent" about the unfortunate event

By Bruna Nessif May 06, 2013 10:14 PMTags
Carol Costello, Erin Burnett, Joy BeharStephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Carol Costello's weekend got off to a bad start.

Atlanta police are now investigating a robbery case in which three teenagers reportedly snatched the CNN anchor's iPhone out of her hands while she was talking on it late Thursday afternoon.

According to Costello, she struggled to get her phone back from the suspect, but he pulled out "a chunk" of her hair, causing her to let go.

"Good Morning. In retrospect, what happened to me yesterday is insignificant in light of what happened in the Boston. Still, I feel the need to vent. And isn't that what friends are for? I was robbed. And I am angry," Costello wrote on her Facebook Friday.

"I was walking down a beautiful, leafy Atlanta street, talking on my IPhone. Guess what happened next? Three teenagers ran up behind me. One of them grabbed my IPhone. Stupidly I struggled to hold on-to it. But, he was a big guy. And he pulled out a chunk my hair. I let go. As he ran down the street, laughing, I hurled a few expletives his way."

Costello continued to illustrate what happened by telling her fans, "I felt no fear at the time, I was just angry. Now I'm angry, shaken and sad. What a lousy life those kids have ahead of them," and warned people that there's been an increase of stolen Apple products (called "Apple Picking").

"Do not talk on your IPhone as you walk down the street," she wrote. "Oh, and let go of the stupid device if someone tries to steal it."

According to reports, no arrests have been made at this time.