{"id":31250,"date":"2018-07-08T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/07\/08\/many-iphone-thefts-the-girlfriend-of-a-mob-boss-and-an-apple-store-the-latest-from-the-apple-crime-blotter"},"modified":"2018-07-08T12:59:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:59:02","slug":"many-iphone-thefts-the-girlfriend-of-a-mob-boss-and-an-apple-store-the-latest-from-the-apple-crime-blotter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/08\/many-iphone-thefts-the-girlfriend-of-a-mob-boss-and-an-apple-store-the-latest-from-the-apple-crime-blotter\/","title":{"rendered":"Many iPhone thefts, the girlfriend of a mob boss, and an Apple Store: The latest from the Apple crime blotter"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this latest Apple crime roundup, iPhones get stolen in a variety of ways, the girlfriend of a mob boss asks for her phone back from the police, and an Apple Store gets hit for a pile of accessories.
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The latest in an occasional AppleInsider<\/em> feature: A worldwide look at the Apple-related crime: <\/p>\n

Two plead guilty in iPhone delivery scam<\/h2>\n

Two of three defendants arrested for their parts in an iPhone delivery-and-theft scheme<\/a> have agreed to plead guilty. According to the Nashua Telegraph<\/em>, the scam entailed stealing identities, opening accounts with Sprint, having iPhones and iPads delivered to the homes of the victims, and stealing the packages. <\/p>\n

The conspirators were caught after one of the victims caught them taking a package from her home. The scam, police said, stole 200 identities and gained them $60,000 worth of electronics; a third defendant has not plead guilty and will go to trial. <\/p>\n

Police chief’s iPhone stolen<\/h2>\n

In another iPhone-stolen-from-the-mail story, the victim was a local police chief. According to Philly Voice<\/em> Michael Chitwood, the police superintendent in Upper Darby, PA., recently ordered a new iPhone 7 to be delivered to police headquarters. Somewhere along the way, the box was tampered with, the phone itself taken and replaced by bubble wrap<\/a>, and a note left that stated “Boss, your new phone came today.” <\/p>\n

Chitwood, a familiar figure in the Philadelphia-area media who is known for his law-and-order style, took it in stride. “It’s a theft. It happens,” he told the website. “But it’s kind of funny.”<\/p>\n

iPad stolen from sleeping man<\/h2>\n

A Brooklyn man was woken up this week by a thief<\/a> who entered his room through a broken window. According to the Brooklyn Paper<\/em>, the thief grabbed the man’s cell phone and iPad, and then fled. <\/p>\n

iPhone stolen from roller rink<\/h2>\n

In a story that straddles two different eras, an iPhone was reported stolen from a roller rink in Michigan<\/a>. According to the Oakland Press<\/em>, the suspect grabbed the phone as it charged on a table, and then left with it. <\/p>\n

74-year-old accused of stealing iPhone at casino with his cane<\/h2>\n

A senior citizen has been charged after he was caught on security video using his walking stick to steal an iPhone 8 Plus from the floor of a casino in Pennsylvania<\/a>. According to the Times Leader<\/em> newspaper, the phone fell of its owner’s pocket to the ground as he played at a slot machine; the 74-year-old man was seen on security video using the stick to slide the phone over to himself. <\/p>\n

When questioned, the 74-year-old’s wife said she had found the phone in a women’s bathroom and returned it to lost-and-found. <\/p>\n

iPhone thief caught in sting<\/h2>\n

A man in Massachusetts who had stolen a woman’s iPhone from a McDonalds reached out to the victim and agreed to return it for $100- but when he showed up for the exchange<\/a>, police were there to arrest him. According to Wareham Week<\/em>, the phone was recovered, and the man was charged with receiving stolen property over $250.<\/p>\n

Mob boss’ partner wants iPhones back from Irish government<\/h2>\n

The former girlfriend of a notorious mob boss in Ireland has asked a court to return to her several seized luxury items<\/a>, including a pair of iPhones. According to The Independent<\/em>, the haul includes money, watches, and two iPhones, one of which contains photographs of her child as a young baby. The items were seized during a drug investigation, the newspaper said. <\/p>\n

Apple Store theft nets power adapters,USB cables, keyboard<\/h2>\n

Robberies of Apple Stores usually involve the theft of iPhones, iPads and computers. But a recent theft at an Apple Store location in Connecticut was much more unorthodox<\/a>. According to the Greenwich Free Press<\/em>, the June theft by a 37-year-old woman at an Apple Store in Greenwich netted “power adapters,USB cables, and magic keyboard with a total value of a few hundred dollars.” The woman was arrested and charged with Larceny 6. <\/p>\n

Have an Apple-related crime story for us? Email AppleInsider<\/em> and tell us about it!<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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