Cell Phone Store Robberies On The Rise

CHARLOTTE, NC– Its a crime the police are seeing more often. Robbers targeting cell phone stores.
CMPD released these pictures of a man who held up the Metro PCS on North Sharon Amity road twice in the past week.
Both times the man had a gun and took money and merchandise.
The latest crime stats show larceny cases are up 17%.
Deputy Chief Jeff Estes says cell phone thefts are fueling that increase.