{"id":745609,"date":"2026-06-18T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/745609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:21:14","slug":"eps-continues-to-crack-down-on-facebook-marketplace-iphone-robberies-with-2-more-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/745609\/","title":{"rendered":"EPS continues to crack down on Facebook Marketplace iPhone robberies, with 2 more arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton police say two boys have been charged in connection with a string of Facebook Marketplace robberies earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Police Service says seven reported thefts happened in the Richfield and Millbourne areas between early April and mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>Police say in each case, a suspect posed as a buyer looking to purchase an iPhone that was advertised on Facebook\u2019s online reselling platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey evaluated the item(s) for sale and then robbed the seller of the item, often using bear spray, uttering threats or presenting a knife,\u201d EPS said in a news release, adding the suspects reportedly fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p>On June 11, Edmonton police arrested two youths who face a combined seven charges, including robbery, breach of probation and assault with a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police say they have now arrested seven people in connection with 26 reports of stolen iPhones, all following a posting on Facebook Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the crimes are being committed by multiple people across the city, and are not always connected.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton police say two boys have been charged in connection with a string of Facebook Marketplace robberies earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-745609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}