Woman robbed of iPhone while waiting for bus on East John -- UPDATE

A woman was robbed of her iPhone in broad daylight Tuesday morning while waiting for the bus outside the Safeway at 15th and East John., according to a just-released SPD report on the incident. According to the report, the victim suffered a great deal of pain in the attack due to a fall during the robbery on previously injured ribs. A search of the area did not turn up the suspect. Here is the full report from Seattle Police:

On 03/22/2011 I was on uniformed patrol in a marked vehicle operating as unit 1C2. I was dispatched to investigate a robbery in progress at   E John St. En route to the call, I was advised that the female victim, later identified as  , had been able to crawl into the lobby of a Wells Fargo bank near this location and ask for assistance. I arrived and contacted bank staff, who advised me that they had called 911 for   to report the robbery.

Bank staff advised me that   crawled into the bank approximately 10-15min prior to my arrival in a state of shock.   was screaming and wincing in pain and at first was unable to answer questions.   finallyasked the bank staff to call Verizon Wireless and cancel her phone account, as her phone had just been stolen. Bank staff did so, and then proceeded tocall 911 for  

Staff stated that   described the suspect in the robbery as a light complexioned black male, approximately 18 years old, wearing a green coat,a black beanie and black pants. After Seattle Fire Department screened  they advised me she would need to be transported to HMC for injuries to her ribs due to complications from a previous injury.

I contacted   and asked her what occurred.   stated she was standing at the bus stop just south of   E John St when the suspect walked up behind her. The suspect suddenly slapped her hand in a very rough manner and grabbed her Apple IPhone out of her other hand. The suspect slapped her hand into her ribcage, aggravating a previous injury to the point that she fell over in very aggravating pain.  was sweating and breathing very rapidly and heavily, nearly unable to get her words out as she spoke with me.   advised me that she was not able to provide mewith any further physical description of the suspect and that she issomewhat unsure if she could identify the suspect in the future, but she stated she might.   stated the only item taken in the robbery was her black Apple IPhone. 

was transported away from the scene by AMR for her injuries. Other officers in the area advised me that they were unable to find any suspects matching the description of the suspect in the immediate area.

UPDATE: Turns out, there's more to the report. Here are details on some of the investigative tools authorities have at their disposal when tracking a wireless phone. In this case, it sounds like the effort didn't turn up a suspect -- yet -- but it did trace the phone to south Seattle.

I returned to the East Precinct and screened the incident with Sgt. Guballa. I prepared an affadavit for a search warrant to ping the location of   cellphone. I responded to the King County Courthouse andcontacted Superior Court Judge Prochnau. Judge Prochnau reviewed my affadavit and signed my search warrant.

I responded to the SPD Communications Center and obtained the phone number for  . I was put in contact with   of the   who advised me of the procedure to obtain information on   phone from Apple. I faxed the a copy of the search warrant to   via   advising her I would need the activity and location of the phone tracked from the time of reception of the warrant to the point at which the information is provided to the Seattle Police Department.

I contacted SPD Communications to obtain immediate information on the location of the phone. I faxed a copy of the search warrant to SPD Communications and they performed a tower ping on the cell phone through  Verizon Wireless. The phone was turned off at approx 1335hrs, and was last used at approximately 1.1 mi NW of   S McClellan St.

I prepared a General Offense Report on the incident and will prepare a supplemental report upon return of the warrant to the King County Superior Court.