Third Apple retail store burglarized this month
Burglars smashed the front window of the Apple Inc.'s Saddle Creek retail store in Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday morning, making off with $25,000 worth of goods in less than a minute flat.
The break-in was the third at an Apple retail store and fourth at an Apple facility this month, underscoring a brewing problem for the Cupertino-based company as it prepares to stock its retail outlets with millions of dollars in additional merchandise ahead of the holiday shopping season.
ifoAppleStore reports that crooks smashed their way into the Saddle Creek Apple store at 4:22 a.m. Tuesday morning and within 60 seconds had stolen $25,000 worth of merchandise, including 10 iPhones, one iMac and six MacBook laptops.
Police said the break-in triggered an alarm and an officer arrived less than a minute later, but the suspects had already fled. Some fixtures and two digital cameras were reportedly damaged in the burglars' haste.
An investigation is currently underway to determine whether the crime is related to several other break-ins at a nearby chain of Patton Comptuers & Electronics stores earlier this summer. Those burglaries prompted the retail chain to post videos of the crimes.
Earlier this month, Apple's University Village retail store in Seattle, Wash. was hit by thieves, as was its Country Club location in Kansas City, Mo. Two former Apple employees were also detained on Sunday for a thwarted burglary attempt at the company's Elk Grove facility in Calif.
The break-in was the third at an Apple retail store and fourth at an Apple facility this month, underscoring a brewing problem for the Cupertino-based company as it prepares to stock its retail outlets with millions of dollars in additional merchandise ahead of the holiday shopping season.
ifoAppleStore reports that crooks smashed their way into the Saddle Creek Apple store at 4:22 a.m. Tuesday morning and within 60 seconds had stolen $25,000 worth of merchandise, including 10 iPhones, one iMac and six MacBook laptops.
Police said the break-in triggered an alarm and an officer arrived less than a minute later, but the suspects had already fled. Some fixtures and two digital cameras were reportedly damaged in the burglars' haste.
An investigation is currently underway to determine whether the crime is related to several other break-ins at a nearby chain of Patton Comptuers & Electronics stores earlier this summer. Those burglaries prompted the retail chain to post videos of the crimes.
Earlier this month, Apple's University Village retail store in Seattle, Wash. was hit by thieves, as was its Country Club location in Kansas City, Mo. Two former Apple employees were also detained on Sunday for a thwarted burglary attempt at the company's Elk Grove facility in Calif.
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An investigating is currently underway...
Don't you mean investigation?
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Don't you mean investigation?
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Thanks for clearing that up. It was impossible to tell what they meant in that context.
Maybe in the future you should send your corrections directly to a Mod.? Unless, of course, you like the attention.
I wonder how much more it would cost to get polycarbonate-laminated glass on their store fronts that aren't located in malls?
Those movies need a decent soundtrack...
Apple should put in motion sensors that when activated trigger a barricading type product over all front window displays, exit doors and windows, trapping intruder like a mouse! er rat!
Talk about your "locked" versus "unlocked" argument!
Apple should put in motion sensors that when activated trigger a barricading type product over all front window displays, exit doors and windows, trapping intruder like a mouse! er rat!
iCage ?
MacTrap
MacTrap Pro for flagship stores...
People who live in glass retail stores shouldn't keep valuable merchandise.
Or . . . if they must . . . they should record the serial numbers of the merchandise, and
when it is stolen and the thieves sell the stuff on eBay later, they can be easily found.
Seriously, I'm surprised they don't have security guards at night.
Presumably Apple has the serial numbers of the ten stolen iPhones and the thieves will never be able to activate them.
including 10 iPhones
Presumably Apple has the serial numbers of the ten stolen iPhones and the thieves will never be able to activate them.
they could set them free or whatever you call it.
I blame terrorists...
I blame windows users.
Seriously, they should have waited until Sept 4, then they might have been able to steal the new iPods.