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Chicago Apple Store bricked Tuesday night
Police say an inebriated man threw a brick at the front window of Chicago's Magnificent Mile Apple Store on Tuesday night. The man also broke another window a short distance away.
A Tribune photo shows a single broken panel of glass in front of one of Apple's "giant iPhone" displays. From the photo, it looks as if the brick did not go through the glass, and the display appears unharmed.
Robert Grilly, 61, of Chicago was booked on two misdemeanor counts of criminal property damage, Chicago PD said.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
blachole said 4:15PM on 5-20-2009
LOL..looks like the glass hurt the brick more..
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Luna Lovegood said 9:16PM on 5-20-2009
5-19-09
NEVER FORGET!
Mike said 10:40PM on 5-20-2009
Is there so little Apple news to report that something so inconsequential as this makes in onto TUAW? Very very sad...
tudor said 5:01PM on 5-20-2009
what's up with the police beat, is TUAW getting tired of regurgitating days-old stories from other sites??
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CaptSaltyJack said 4:19PM on 5-20-2009
Maybe he was trying to steal the giant iPhone, thinking (in his inebriated state) that it was a working phone. ;)
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JBrennan said 5:46PM on 5-20-2009
Yeah, because who doesn't want a 25 inch iPhone?
Shunnabunich said 7:30PM on 5-20-2009
Dude, he could lay it down and use it as a Big Ass Table!
NoAndThen said 7:52PM on 5-20-2009
I would LOVE a 25 inch iPhone. BEST. COFFEE. TABLE. EVER.
It would do wonders for bad posture.
trayser said 4:24PM on 5-20-2009
>> Robert Gates, 61, of Redmond, Washington was booked on two misdemeanor counts of criminal property damage involving windows, Chicago PD said.
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Wheels said 5:03PM on 5-20-2009
I didn't know that Defense Secretary Gates lived in Redmond...Or was a drunk! I smell Microsoft conspiracy!
Joseph said 5:10PM on 5-20-2009
Actually there is a restaurant convention in town, it's more likely ballmer did it.
Joe said 5:34PM on 5-20-2009
You miserably fail.
Robert Gates..LOL!
macfan406 said 6:07PM on 5-20-2009
LOL!
swimtedswim said 6:26PM on 5-20-2009
Yeah, because who doesn't want a 25 inch iPhone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface
trayser said 7:11PM on 5-20-2009
Oops sorry... I mean 'William Gates' not 'Robert Gates'
nittany4 said 4:26PM on 5-20-2009
maybe he was mad at apple for making him spend $30,000 to fill his ipod;
or that they didn't have the $299 laptop he saw in the best buy ad...
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Johnny said 4:26PM on 5-20-2009
LOL. That is really funny that the brick didn't even do anything. Someone is about to ask if it's a slow news day.
Once, I walked by a Dell kiosk in the mall and flicked the straw of my icee toward one of the displays. One of the guys nearby wiped his face and looked up thinking something was dripping, so I guess I actually sprayed a little even though I didn't really think I did. You could say that I was more successful in mounting my attack on Dell than this guy and his brick on Apple.
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Martin said 4:49PM on 5-20-2009
I woulda kicked you in the nuts and said, "Dude, I rang your bells."
Johnny said 4:54PM on 5-20-2009
@Martin: I'm not sure I totally get the joke, but I know I deserve some sort of ridicule. It was a dickhead move, but I really didn't think anything was going to come out of it.
Clarion said 4:51PM on 5-20-2009
Huh. A story about someone TRYING to brick an iPhone, and failing to do so. Usually it's the other way around. :)
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