The Apple Store has been thieved twice a night and the iPhone and iPad totaling more than 10 million yen are stolen


by Ed and Eddie

IPhone and iPad of more than 10 million yen in total totaling 10 million yen or more are stolen by robbery pushing into the Apple Store of California state / Palo Alto just opened in July 2018 within 11 hours Local police have announced. It is unknown whether the two robbers are related, and the criminal is not yet caught.

Thieves take more than $ 100K in electronics from Apple store | News | Palo Alto Online |
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/09/24/thieves-take-more-than-100k-in-electronics-from-apple-store

Palo Alto Apple store robbed twice in 12 hours for $ 100K during iPhone XS launch weekend | 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/26/apple-store-palo-alto-robbery/

Palo Alto's Apple Store is known for its close proximity to Cupertino with its Apple headquarters, and Apple executives, including CEO Tim Cook, are known for participating in the sales event for the new iPhone. In July 2018, we just relocated the place and opened a new store.


by Jun Seita

The first theft occurred on September 21, 2018 after 7 PM. Eight young black men wearing Parka invaded Palo Alto's Apple Store, stole a demonstration aircraft such as iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max and ran away with multiple vehicles. It is said that the total damage amounted to about 57,000 dollars (about 6.4 million yen).

Furthermore, around 5:50 am on September 22, the thief crashed the door with coconut-sized rocks and the thief invaded the store and stole the $ 50,000 equivalent of iPhone and iPad. A second theft occurred in less than 11 hours after the first theft, and the shop was damaged more than 10 million yen in total. According to Palo Alto's police, suspects are not identified in either case and have not been arrested. Also, it seems unclear whether there is a relationship between the two cases.

The day before the first theft occurred, it was reported that Apple's Tim Cook CEO dropped in at Palo Alto's Apple Store and also participated in the launch launch party of iPhone XS / iPhone XS Max.


This is not the first time for the robbery to the Apple Store, and in 1916, 19 iPhones, equivalent to a total of 13,000 dollars (about 1.4 million yen) from the Apple Store in Natick, Massachusetts, had only 1 minute 36 seconds incident arises that stolen between the occurrence has been. According to Apple, the iPhone or iPad demonstration machine has a "kill switch" function that disables the device when it is out of the store's Wi-Fi range, so the stolen product is far from the Apple Store It will be impossible to use even if carried to.

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