Man arrested after phone snatched at Kilkenny

It will be alleged the victim disturbed a man marking graffiti at the Kilkenny Railway Station about 9.45am on Saturday 29 March.

The victim got out his phone to record the offending and the man grabbed his phone and ran off along the bike path.

Police were called by witnesses who reported seeing the victim chasing the suspect along the railway line.  The suspect then dropped the phone in MJ McInerney Reserve, where it was retrieved by the victim.

Officers searched the area and the nearby West Croydon Railway Station and located the suspect hiding in bushes, off Euston Terrace.

The 46-year-old Elizabeth South man was arrested and charged with theft.  He was bailed to appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on 29 April.

There were no reports of injury.