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In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, respective crimes are solved by tracking AirPods, an iPad recovers a bee balloon, and an NYPD serviceman is accused of stealing AirPods.

The latest successful a continuing AppleInsider series, looking astatine the satellite of Apple-related crimes.

Illinois antheral gets 5 years for monolithic iPhone theft

A 30-year-old Illinois antheral was sentenced successful mid-October to 5 years successful situation for his portion successful a strategy that entailed stealing betwixt $500,000 and $1 cardinal successful a strategy that progressive buying iPhones with his company's funds and past selling them.

The antheral had worked successful IT for a installation enactment services institution portion committing the thefts, which took spot betwixt 2019 and 2021. He had pleaded blameworthy successful September.

Warrant issued for June robbery of 65 iPhones successful North Carolina

Authorities successful Durham, N.C., are looking for a antheral they accidental committed the equipped robbery of an AT&T Store backmost successful June. According to CBS 17, the antheral pulled a weapon connected employees and took 65 iPhones from the store. He forced employees to prevarication down connected the crushed and adjacent got 1 store idiosyncratic to assistance him transportation the stolen iPhones to the car.

The warrant besides said that the man's car was seen astatine the country of a 2nd robbery of a T-Mobile store days later.

iPad leads to betterment of fashionable bee balloon

The "Baby Bee" balloon Joelly, a fashionable attraction, was stolen successful early October. But an iPad was instrumental successful the balloon's recovery.

KOAT reports the motortruck containing the balloon was stolen from a edifice successful Albuquerque. But due to the fact that an iPad was near successful the truck, constabulary were capable to way it to a determination successful southwest Albuquerque.

The balloon returned to formation not agelong afterward.

NYPD bull accused of stealing AirPods from edifice manager

A rookie constabulary serviceman successful the New York Police Department has been accused of stealing a brace of AirPods from the manager of a Manhattan edifice and was caught connected camera doing so.

According to The New York Post, the 36-year-old serviceman was charged with petit larceny and transgression possession of stolen property. The apprehension followed an interior affairs probe.

AirPods way thieves aft burglary during woman's "hen do"

A radical of 13 women was holding a "hen do" — a bachelorette enactment — successful Spain, erstwhile a pack robbed them of 50,000 euros worthy of their belongings. The Sun reports the women utilized Find My iPhone to way stolen AirPods belonging to 1 of them. They told the communicative connected TikTok:

AirPods assistance lick crimes successful 3 states

A 51-year-old antheral was arrested successful Georgia successful aboriginal October aft helium was accused of breaking into cars successful Kentucky, and AirPods helium took were tracked crossed aggregate states.

According to The Times-Tribune, the man's crimes besides included the theft successful Tennessee of an Enterprise rental car, which helium some painted and changed retired the keys. He was caught aft a pursuit successful the woods aft helium was recognized successful a Walmart and additionally charged with nationalist intoxication.

An iPhone that was stolen from idiosyncratic successful the U.K. has turned up in Nigeria- and whoever has the telephone present has been texting friends of the proprietor asking for accusation successful bid to unlock it. Legit writes the idiosyncratic sending the texts is apt not the archetypal thief and is much apt idiosyncratic who subsequently bought the phone.

Man sought successful "access instrumentality fraud" astatine Pennsylvania Apple Store

Police successful Lancaster County, Pa., are investigating what they're calling an "access instrumentality fraud" astatine the Park City Center Apple Store connected September 23. According to Crime Watch PA, the antheral stole a Chase Credit Card and purchased 2 16-inch MacBook Pros a the store.

He past tried to usage the aforesaid card, positive different belonging to the aforesaid victim, successful an effort to bargain 2 $2,000 Apple acquisition cards.

AirPods utilized successful theft of shirts

Also successful Lancaster County, constabulary accidental a radical of thieves were "communicating via Apple AirPods" during a theft of much than $1,000 worthy of shirts from a Vineyard Vines store. Local 21 News reports the aforesaid radical tried to rob the aforesaid store a 2nd clip but were stopped by employees there.

Three iPhones taken successful Boost Mobile robbery successful Miami

A antheral took 3 iPhones from a Boost Mobile store successful Northwest Miami-Dade successful aboriginal October, starring the store's manager to springiness chase. Per WSVN, employees fishy the aforesaid thief was liable for different caller thefts, including astatine different Boost Mobile stores.