by RyTypo Garcia
(OAKLAND, Calif.) On Monday, former U.S. Senator Barbra Boxer was robbed of her iPhone at Jack London Square, East Bay Times reports.
Boxer, 80, was not injured during the robbery.
The attack happened at approximately 1:15 p.m. in the 300 block of 3rd Street near Oakland’s Jack London Square when a male suspect shoved her from behind and stole her phone. The suspect then fled from the scene in a dark-colored sedan driven by another man.
An Aide to the former U.S. Senator, who served from 1993 to 2017, wrote in a tweet, “She is thankful that she was not seriously injured.”
A $2,000 reward is being offered for any additional information on the robbery. Information can be submitted by contacting the Oakland Police Department at 510-238-3426 or by calling Crime Stoppers of Oakland at 510-777-8572.