May 28th marked Brooklyn's first iPad theftOwning an iPad now not only makes you look like a super-cool young person with loads of expendable income, it also makes you look like an easy target. May 28 marked the day when an iPad was first reported stolen in Brooklyn.

It happened the way a lot of hilarious iPhone thefts occur, only this was larger and couldn't make phone calls. A thief walked up to a 23-year-old who was tooling around on his fancy-schmancy toy, deftly plucked it out of his hands, and ran off into the night eager to read an electronic version of The New York Times or something.

Speaking of hilarious iPhone thefts, yet another one took place in Fort Greene. This time, the thief asked a woman for directions, waited until she pulled out her iPhone, deftly plucked it out of her hands, and ran off into the night eager to play Jiggly Car 2 or something. Only the woman wasn't having it, and took off after the teenage thief, eventually getting her phone back ... when he chucked it at her face. He was apprehended and taken into police custody.

The crimes make it a sad day for Brooklyn, which will have to come up with a new motto, because "Brooklyn, a great place to play an $800 game of solitaire to pass the time" apparently won't work anymore.