By Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 10:41 EST, 30 December 2013 | UPDATED: 16:00 EST, 30 December 2013 No thanks: An armed robber near Central Park in New York handed this LG Quantum cellphone back to his target because it was outdated One Brookyln man's defense against a recent theft was his sense of thrift. Kevin Cook, 25, was walking with a friend near Central Park in New York  around 12:30am Saturday when a gun-wielding robber told Mr Cook and his friend to hand over their valuables - threatening the two with death if they didn't stay quiet.
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Kevin Cook, 25, was walking with a friend near Central Park on Saturday when they were approached by two robbers armed with a gun
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The muggers threatened them with death and ordered them to keep quiet and hand over all their valuables
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One of the robbers handed Mr Cook's cellphone back to him, uninterested in the three-year-old phone with a sliding keyboard
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The assailants were able to escape before police arrived, though Mr Cook was able to use his passed-over cellphone to call 911
This was the thirteenth robbery reported in @placeholder this year, which is the same number as last year.