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First Segway Theft Arrest

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Laura Kranz
20 August 2003 - 4:00am

A New York City student may be the first person to be arrested for the theft of a Segway.

"Wang was arrested outside of a Starbucks in Queens on August 12. He was found with the Segway, which did not run because it was missing its computerized key, police said.... [H]e had gone to the coffee shop to meet a Segway expert who had agreed to help him get the two-wheeled contraption started. The expert called police instead."

Full Story: Arrest makes Segway history
Source: CNN, August 19, 2003
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