View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/04/28/nyc.ipod.thefts/ Thursday, Apr 28, 2005 10:00am NYC police: iPod, phone thefts on the rise Yesterday New York City police reported that an increase in subway crime this year was driven almost entirely by a sharp rise in robberies and thefts of cellphones and iPods. Ellison Emmett, 26, a lawyer who lives in the West Village, has rules for riding the subway while listening to her iPod. "You keep it in your bag," she said. "You keep your bag in front of you. You keep your hand on it." Sarit Sela, 27, an administrator at Goldman Sachs who lives in Astoria, Queens, said she kept her iPod in a handbag, secured by a clip. "When I'm on the subway, I try not to change the music," she said. Both women had heard about recent thefts of iPods, the digital music players that retail for $100 to $550, depending on the model.