What can fairly be called an epidemic of crimes related to cell phones and electronic devices continues in the subway system. On Friday, February 21, 2014, a 28 year old man was mugged for his cell phone about 3 p.m. in the afternoon in the Bloor St station. The next day at shortly after midnight, a 24 year old man was waiting for a train in the same station when he was approached by three men.The suspects grabbed the victim’s iPad. At that time a male witness attempted to help the victim and was punched in the face. All suspects fled the scene up a stairwell to Asquith Avenue. The victim and witness sustained minor injuries and will seek their own medical attention. It’s noteworthy and a concern that the assailants were prepared to resort to violence in the face of resistance. The best policy seems to be to avoid the use of phones or other devices in the subway and to keep them as hidden as possible. Save the surfing in public for the Starbucks and other enclosed areas where it isn’t so easy for thieves to make a snatch-and-grab getaway. As readers of the Bulldog will know, reports of such thefts are more than common.