Robbery Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple staffer reportedly stole $16K worth of iPhones

by Mike Schramm (Feb 27th, 2012)

When I worked in retail, I quickly learned all about "loss prevention," which is the program that most retailers undertake to try and (you guessed it) prevent loss or theft of product at whatever store they're running. Customer theft is obviously an issue anywhere you have merchandise sitting out ...

Apple Store thieves arrested after robbery

by Mike Schramm (Jan 3rd, 2012)

Apple Stores continue to be a target for theft around the United States, apparently -- this time a robbery went down in Scottsdale, Arizona, where a trio of young thieves busted in the glass doors on an Apple Store, and tried to get away with $75,000 worth of Apple devices. The group robbed the ...

London's Covent Garden Apple Store hit by burglars

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 10th, 2011)

In what is the most high-profile Apple Store robbery to date, a gang of thugs carried out a smash-and-grab raid on London's Covent Garden Apple Store. The store, which opened fourteen months ago, is Apple's second flagship store. It was built in a remodeled 19th century building and features a ...

Apple Store thieves descend from roof in San Francisco

by Mike Schramm (Apr 29th, 2011)

ifoAppleStore.com is reporting that thieves broke into the Chestnut Street Apple Store in San Francisco last night, apparently entering the store through the roof straight into the inventory area in back of the store, and making off with an undisclosed amount of Apple devices. Unfortunately, I ...

Pittsburgh Apple store burgled again

by Josh Helfferich (Mar 17th, 2011)

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Walnut Street Apple Store in the Shadyside neighborhood is closed this morning due to a smash-and-grab theft. A cinder block was used to shatter the glass doors of the store sometime around 5:30 AM, and a phone call to the store confirms that they ...

Five men rob Apple Store in Greenwich, CT

by David Quilty (Dec 14th, 2010)

Apple Store burglars have struck again, this time in Greenwich, Connecticut. Police say that at least five suspects, seen in the surveillance photo to the right, broke through the front door and helped themselves to a whole bunch of Apple products valued in the tens of thousands of dollars. The ...

Norwegian Apple reseller suffers break-in, 50 boxes stolen

by Mike Schramm (Dec 3rd, 2010)

An Apple reseller in Norway, of all places, suffered a break-in earlier this morning. According to the main local paper, Aftenposten, the thieves stole a BMW, which was then used to back into the store as seen in the wild pictures above. Once the storefront was broken open, 50 boxes were lifted ...

Thieves drive truck through Apple retailer's wall

by Mike Schramm (Nov 2nd, 2010)

We've heard of quite a few robberies at Apple Stores (and in its own twisted way, the idea makes sense -- despite the adage that 'crime doesn't pay,' laptops and iPhones are certainly easy to carry and very resellable), but this is probably the most brute force way we've seen it done. A set of ...

Thieves steal iPad, finger

by Mike Schramm (Apr 20th, 2010)

Ugh, this is a grisly one -- Bill Jordan picked up an iPad for someone else the other day from an Apple Store in a Colorado mall near him, and as he walked away, some thieves grabbed his bag away so quickly that it took part of his finger off. Scary stuff -- apparently two young men followed him ...

New Hampshire man is victim of first recorded iPad theft

by Michael Rose (Apr 4th, 2010)

Someone has to be first, I suppose. Straight from the police iBlotter in Manchester, NH, the Union Leader reports that a broad-daylight iPad theft was perpetrated in the parking lot of a Best Buy on South Willow Street. Mohamed Aboutaleb of Dover had just bought his new iPad in the store ...

More from the police blotter: Sagemore Apple Store hit by burglars

by Michael Rose (Sep 2nd, 2009)

While the past few days have seen a spy saga of a stolen laptop and a few rapidly recovered stolen iPhones, the story at the Sagemore Apple Store in Marlton, New Jersey is more of your basic "five guys vs. a plate-glass door." A well-organized 2 am robbery at the store netted the team a substantial ...

VA Apple store closed due to shooting, armed robbery attempt

by Michael Rose (Jul 3rd, 2009)

The Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, VA is closed today as police investigate a shooting that took place there this morning. The Washington Post reports that a woman was injured via a gunshot to the shoulder during an armed robbery attempt. TV station WJLA adds the detail that the victim was an ...

Thieves steal $10,000 of gear from an Apple Store

by Mike Schramm (Dec 31st, 2008)

Thieves broke into an Apple Store in Palo Alto, California, and within two minutes had nabbed $10,000 worth of gear, including six laptops (gotta be MacBook Pros, right?) and two iPhones. And apparently they trucked right over to Los Gatos, and did the same thing about an hour later. There's no ...