Consumers Who Purchase “Beats By Dre” Take A Beating!

It’s one of the most common urban accessories of our time. Dr. Dre‘s stylish headphones is not only a status statement but is it an invitation for robbery?

You’ve seen them in the streets, the stylish, oversized, overpriced headphones that urbanites are rocking as the newest fashion trend. However there’s been another trend as well, a trend of robberies. In New York City mainly, subway robberies has gone up. 

During the first quarter of 2012, there were a reported 232 robberies equating to a 31.8% bump. In addition, Grand Larceny statistics (theft of iPads & iPhones) had risen to 23.6% Despite public warning, strap hangers and young people still ignore the warnings and danger signs.

Just this weekend, a man was slashed in his neck in a failed robbery attempt after the suspect tried to take his Dr. Dre headphones. The video went viral on worldstarhiphop as onlookers gasped during the fight on the #4 train platform on Burnside Avenue in the Bronx. Click link below:

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhB9krQD644t3NfWb3

You would think with the rash of robberies consumers would be a bit more conservative or attentive when taking public transportation. An investigator for the NYPD Special Crime Unit was stated as saying “Wearing these headphones is a status symbol to criminals,” continuing with “You might as well wear a rob me sign when you’re wearing them.”

Source: CBSNY, WorldStarHipHop