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In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, Frankie Grande's iPhone was stolen, a blameworthy plea successful a Minneapolis theft ring, and an orchestra conductor has iPad and annotated scores stolen.

The latest successful an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking astatine the satellite of Apple-related crime.

Apple Store theft caught connected viral video

Two men stole galore items from the engaged Apple Store successful Palo Alto connected Black Friday, and the theft itself was caught connected a video that subsequently went viral.

According to The San Francisco Standard, 2 thieves took about $35,000 worthy of items from the store connected November 25, portion besides threatening bystanders with violence. The 2 fled successful a reddish Mazda 3 hatchback.

The robbery was caught connected a video that subsequently went viral connected Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok:

The replies to the video, connected Twitter, featured a robust statement betwixt those who saw the thefts arsenic a grounds of taste decline, and those praising Apple Store employees for adhering to store policies, portion seeking to support customers from imaginable harm.

More than $50,000 successful items stolen from Utah Apple Store

The California theft was portion of a caller spate of Apple Store robberies, including the 1 successful which a antheral in New York was robbed of $95,000 worthy of iPhones that helium bought from the Fifth Avenue Apple Store successful precocious November.

Another specified theft took place astatine the Apple Store successful Farmington, Utah, earlier successful November. ABC 4 reports 4 men took implicit $50,000 worthy of items from the Farmington Apple Store.

The thieves, constabulary said, took iPhones and Mac, carrying retired the transgression successful conscionable 38 seconds.

Frankie Grande robbed of iPhone, AirPods

Frankie Grande, the dancer, actor, and member of vocalist Ariana Grande, was robbed of his iPhone 14 Pro and AirPods successful New York City successful mid-November. According to NBC News, 2 alleged assailants, aged 13 and 17, person been arrested. The iPhone was recovered.

One of the accused assailants had a "fake gun," the study said. They were charged with 2 counts of robbery, 2 counts of expansive larceny, unlawful usage of a recognition card, assault, transgression possession of a weapon, transgression possession of stolen property, menacing, and harassment, NBC said.

Guilty plea successful Minneapolis iPhone theft ring

One accused subordinate successful the iPhone theft ringing that was indicted successful the summertime has entered the case's archetypal blameworthy plea. Fox 9 says 1 suspect agreed to plead guilty, accepting a 57-month situation term, successful speech for not facing further charges.

The Chinese nationalist known arsenic "iPhone Man," alleged arsenic 1 of the conspiracy's leaders, was owed successful tribunal connected December 2.

The conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra precocious lost immoderate valuables erstwhile his car was stolen, including 3 prized annotated philharmonic scores, arsenic good arsenic the iPad that helium utilized arsenic a timepiece during performances. The scores were stolen up of an important show by the Orchestra.

According to The Boston Globe, conductor Benjamin Zander mislaid the items erstwhile his BMW was stolen. The car was really stolen twice, since the thief stole the cardinal and presumably took it again, though it was yet recovered, minus the iPad and philharmonic scores.

Man gets 9 years for utilizing Grindr to conscionable robbery targets

A California antheral was sentenced successful precocious November to 111 months successful national prison, successful narration to 5 instances successful which helium met men connected the dating app Grindr and robbed them. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, the man's regular was to put intersexual encounters connected the app and find a mode to usage the victims' phones to transportation wealth to himself.

In 1 incident, according to the prosecutors, the antheral accessed a victim's Apple Pay relationship to unfastened a recognition line, which helium aboriginal utilized to acquisition AirPods. On his sentence, the antheral received a hatred transgression enhancement.

Township trustee accused of utilizing payer funds for idiosyncratic Apple devices

A erstwhile trustee of Fairfield Township successful Indiana is being accused of utilizing an Apple Watch and iPad that were paid for with nationalist funds. The Lafayette Journal & Courier writes that, portion the woman's telephone whitethorn person been a morganatic payer expense, the different 2 devices were not.

The ex-trustee, who is inactive utilizing the devices, was indicted successful November connected 42 charges, including, per the quality outlet, theft, taxation fraud, fraud, perjury, authoritative misconduct, and corrupt concern influence.

Target worker accused of stealing 3 Apple Watches from store

A 20-year-old pistillate who works astatine a Target successful the Lancaster, PA, country has been arrested and charged with stealing $1,800 successful electronics, including 3 Apple Watches and an iPad, from the store.

According to Lancaster Online, the pistillate was charged with a azygous number of theft, aft she was caught connected store surveillance. She has besides been accused of taking a Kate Spade iPhone case.

Gang successful India accused of selling fake iPhones

Police successful India arrested respective radical who they accidental sold Chinese-made counterfeit iPhones successful India's National Capital Region. The Hindustan Times reports the pack sold astir 60 of the bogus iPhones.

The alleged scam entailed buying fake Phones, buying existent iPhone boxes, and besides spoofing the phones' International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers.