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发帖数: 2294 | 1 BRIDGEPORT -- A city man who police say left his iPhone at a crime scene
with his Facebook profile on the screen was convicted Tuesday of robbing a
Chinese college student last fall.
After deliberating for about an hour, a Superior Court jury found Daniel
Francois, 23, guilty of first-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit first-
degree robbery. He faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced Feb.
9 by Judge Lawrence Hauser.
"It was a conscientious jury that arrived at the appropriate verdict," said
Senior Assistant State's Attorney Cornelius Kelly, who prosecuted the case
with Inspector Richard Lindberg.
Francois had been accused of robbing the Chinese doctoral student from New
Haven on Nov. 23, 2010 in the area of Park and Jane streets on the city's
East Side.
According to testimony at trial, Francois and another unidentified man had
lured the student to the area from an advertisement in Craigslist selling
iPhones.
When the victim drove up to the intersection, police say he was greeted by
the two men holding a box. The victim said the men got into his car and
directed him to drive a short distance.
But once at this location, they pulled out guns and demanded the student's
money, police said. They fled with $2,800.
After they left, however, the victim noticed that one of the robbers had
left behind his phone. When he checked the phone it opened to Francois'
Facebook page, which included a photo of the defendant.
When he got to the police department, the victim showed the Facebook page to
police.
Kelly said prior to the robbery, Francois had been accused of stealing i-
Phones from the Apple Store at the Danbury Fair Mall. He later pleaded
guilty in that case.
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