Attempted phone thief at 17th and Arch Street at around 5:15 pm today - here's a picture of the perpetrator (if you are the one whose phone was stolen and want a witness, I can testify)
At 17th and Arch, there was a Black guy who tried to steal an Asian guy's cell phone. The Asian guy latched onto the Black guy and held him until others came to help.
The Asian guy did get the phone back, and I ran to get a nearby African American Police Officer who was stationed inside the Wawa at 1707 Arch. The officer held onto the Black guy, and he said he needed the original Asian guy to press charges otherwise he couldn't do anything.
I ran to try to find Asian guy but he may have been fearful and tried to put distance, so I couldn't locate him. The police officer then released the Black guy with a warning.
I'm posting here so others are aware to be wary of this black guy stealing phones or anything else.
Picture of the culprit who stole the phone: https://ibb.co/fYpygqzf
Scene when Asian guy was clinging to his phone in the street: https://ibb.co/JWfh7NfJ
I unfortunately couldn't take a long video since a bunch of us rushed to help the Asian guy.