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Meanwhile, in Seattle, WA... Apple Store Robbed of $500,000 in iPhones

Posted on 4/7/23 at 5:45 am
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38511 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 5:45 am
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An Apple Store at the Alderwood Mall was robbed last weekend, with thieves infiltrating the location through a nearby coffee shop. According to Seattle's King 5 News, thieves broke into Seattle Coffee Gear, went into the bathroom, and cut a hole in the wall to get to the ?Apple Store? backroom.


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The burglars were able to bypass the ?Apple Store?'s security system by using the adjacent coffee shop, stealing a total of 436 iPhones that were worth around $500,000.

According to Seattle Coffee Gear manager Eric Marks, the coffee shop is not noticeably adjacent to the ?Apple Store? because of the way that the store is laid out. "I would have never suspected we were adjacent to the ?Apple Store?, how it wraps around I mean," Marks told King 5 News. "So, someone really had to think it out and have access to the mall layout."




Posted by Twincam
Member since Nov 2021
552 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 5:48 am to
I guess they can use them as spare parts? Apple will never let those phones be activated.
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27008 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 5:49 am to
They have insurance
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
58306 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 5:51 am to
The old Hole In The Wall Gang is back

Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21368 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 6:38 am to
Hit North Monroe and Ruston years ago. Tunneled thru about 7 walls.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
33858 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 6:41 am to
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guess they can use them as spare parts? Apple will never let those phones be activated.


Thieves will get their money, it’s the people getting a “good deal” on Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp that will get screwed
Posted by miamitiger
Member since Aug 2011
2010 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 6:42 am to
Awkward glory hole
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21368 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 6:45 am to
At least the one in North Monroe had their phones in safe. Not much was stolen but lots of damage.
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37247 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 6:52 am to
The store at the corner of Washington & Louisville?
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21368 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 6:54 am to
Nope, the one of 165 south in the strip mall across from nursing home.
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
27816 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:12 am to
I’m 100% positive there is a black market those get sold into for activation.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
7627 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:27 am to
Are iPhones now going for more than $1,000 per?
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
50304 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:29 am to
Vote Democrat, get Democrats.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
50304 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:30 am to
I can't believe they didn't even have the decency to put the seat down.
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
3783 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:32 am to
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cut a hole in the wall to get to the ?Apple Store? backroom.


Someone's been watching Casino lately. It's based on a true story. Pesci plays Tony the Ant Spilotro, who not only is the muscle at the casino, him and his "hole in the wall gang" start breaking into banks and jewelers by knocking holes in their walls.

Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
TeamBunt General Manager
Member since Apr 2013
62514 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:33 am to
Crazy that 436 phones is worth half a million bucks these days
Posted by skidry
Member since Jul 2009
3253 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 7:56 am to
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Apple will never let those phones be activated.


Yet when someone’s phone gets stolen Apple says there’s nothing they can do.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
4742 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 8:08 am to
the real robbery is the price of these phones
Posted by EthicalHedonist
Member since Mar 2020
312 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 8:22 am to
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Seattle, WA

All that work when they could’ve just walked in the front door, grabbed the phones, and walked right back out, with no resistance or concern about any consequences.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
15921 posts
Posted on 4/7/23 at 8:27 am to
someone watched worlds greatest heists on History and learned
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