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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Sky News AU
Furious US tourist yanks Venice ‘pickpocket' by the ponytail after tracking teen using AirPods' ‘Find My Friends' feature
Wild video shows a US tourist yanking a suspected pickpocket by the ponytail after the teenager allegedly stole her purse and passport while on vacation in Venice. Footage of the dramatic incident, which took place last Thursday, shows the furious woman gripping the teen girl by the hair in front of a crowd of onlookers in the world-famous Italian city. The mom of eight was able to track down her stolen purse by using the 'Find My Friends' feature on her AirPods, which were inside it, according to her daughter, Karis McElroy, who shared the original video of the confrontation on TikTok. Karis' mom was on vacation in Venice with her stepdad when they were crowded by a group of girls on a narrow bridge, and soon realized that her backpack had been unzipped and her purse containing her credit cards, cash and passport was missing, along with a metal water bottle. 'Her and my stepdad immediately started tracking her purse through her AirPods on Find My Friends, and they were able to track it down back to those three girls,' Karis said in a subsequent video. 'So she goes and chases them down, and she grabs one of the girls by her ponytail and does not let go. Two of the girls stay, one of the girls runs away with my mom's purse,' she went on. 'She said she didn't care about any of the other stuff in the bag, but she just at least wanted her passport so she could get home,' she said. The Airbnb host told Karis' mom that the trio were a well-known group of pickpockets in Venice and stood with her while they waited for the cops to apprehend the teenagers. All the while, the girl being held by the ponytail was screaming, with no effect on Karis' mom. 'I have eight kids, you're not getting to me,' the mom tells the suspected teen pickpocket. 'The police officers came, and they were about to arrest these girls when the girl that had the bag over her shoulder went and swung it and hit my mom, and it hit my mom in the head,' Karis said. 'And in the bag was that metal water bottle that they took from my mom. So my mom had a massive gash on her head, and it was bleeding everywhere. She got a black eye from it, and the girls were arrested. And then my mom had to go to the hospital and get some stitches.' The third girl got a train to the airport where she was stopped and Karis' mom's passport recovered, along with her credit cards, although she didn't get the cash and AirPods back, Karis said. Despite her traumatic experience, Karis said her mom had stressed how kind everyone else in Venice had been, with a jewelry store owner next door to her Airbnb even gifting her a necklace. The couple, from North Carolina, are currently on a Mediterranean cruise after boarding a ship in Venice, Karis said. The girl who was yanked by the ponytail and subsequently arrested is only 14 years old, and was released on bail just two days later, Italian outlet Il Messaggero reported. Originally published as Furious US tourist yanks Venice 'pickpocket' by the ponytail after tracking teen using AirPods' 'Find My Friends' feature
New York Post
2 days ago
- New York Post
Furious US tourist yanks Venice ‘pickpocket' by the ponytail after tracking teen using AirPods ‘Find My Friends' feature
Wild video shows a US tourist yanking a suspected pickpocket by the ponytail after the teenager allegedly stole her purse and passport while on vacation in Venice. Footage of the dramatic incident, which took place last Thursday, shows the furious woman gripping the teen girl by the hair in front of a crowd of onlookers in the world-famous Italian city. The mom of eight was able to track down her stolen purse by using the 'Find My Friends' feature on her AirPods, which were inside it, according to her daughter, Karis McElroy, who shared the original video of the confrontation on TikTok. Karis' mom was on vacation in Venice with her stepdad when they were crowded by a group of girls on a narrow bridge, and soon realized that her backpack had been unzipped and her purse containing her credit cards, cash and passport was missing, along with a metal water bottle. 3 A US tourist has gone viral after snatching a suspected teen pickpocket in Venice by the ponytail. TikTok/@karismcelroy 'Her and my stepdad immediately started tracking her purse through her AirPods on Find My Friends, and they were able to track it down back to those three girls,' Karis said in a subsequent video. 'So she goes and chases them down, and she grabs one of the girls by her ponytail and does not let go. Two of the girls stay, one of the girls runs away with my mom's purse,' she went on. 'She said she didn't care about any of the other stuff in the bag, but she just at least wanted her passport so she could get home,' she said. 3 The North Carolina woman was able to track down her stolen purse through the Find My Friends feature on her AirPods. TikTok/@karismcelroy The Airbnb host told Karis' mom that the trio were a well-known group of pickpockets in Venice and stood with her while they waited for the cops to apprehend the teenagers. All the while, the girl being held by the ponytail was screaming, with no effect on Karis' mom. 'I have eight kids, you're not getting to me,' the mom tells the suspected teen pickpocket. 'The police officers came, and they were about to arrest these girls when the girl that had the bag over her shoulder went and swung it and hit my mom, and it hit my mom in the head,' Karis said. 3 Her daughter, Karis McElroy, gave an explanation on what happened. TikTok/@karismcelroy 'And in the bag was that metal water bottle that they took from my mom. So my mom had a massive gash on her head, and it was bleeding everywhere. She got a black eye from it, and the girls were arrested. And then my mom had to go to the hospital and get some stitches.' The third girl got a train to the airport where she was stopped and Karis' mom's passport recovered, along with her credit cards, although she didn't get the cash and AirPods back, Karis said. Despite her traumatic experience, Karis said her mom had stressed how kind everyone else in Venice had been, with a jewelry store owner next door to her Airbnb even gifting her a necklace. The couple, from North Carolina, are currently on a Mediterranean cruise after boarding a ship in Venice, Karis said. The girl who was yanked by the ponytail and subsequently arrested is only 14 years old, and was released on bail just two days later, Italian outlet Il Messaggero reported.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
EU should consider 'full trade embargo' on Russia, Estonian president says
The European Union should stop importing Russian energy products and "seriously consider" a complete trade embargo against Russia, Estonian President Alar Karis said on Feb. 9. Karis' statement comes a day after the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnected their energy systems from Russia's power grid, marking a historica shift away from Russian energy dependence and toward European integration. "European Union should boost independence even further and end all Russian energy imports to the EU," Karis said in a post on X Feb. 9. "We should even seriously consider a full trade embargo on Russia." In the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European countries took measures to significantly reduce their dependence on Russian energy products. The EU cut all Russian coal imports, most Russian oil imports, and over two-thirds of Russian gasimports to the EU, a Commission spokesperson said earlier in January. The EU aims to eliminate all Russian fossil fuels from its market by 2027. Energy exports help fuel Moscow's all-out war in Ukraine, leading to calls among Kyiv's allies to phase out the purchases completely. Estonia has ranked among Ukraine's staunchest supporters since the start of the full-scale invasion, offering humanitarian, developmental, and military assistance. Estonia has also pushed for harsher sanctions against Russia, including complete economic isolation. Ukraine imposed a full trade embargo on Russia in April 2022. Read also: Ukraine war latest: Kyiv says Russian Su-25 warplane downed in Donetsk Oblast, 70 Russian drones shot down overnight We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
