Apple is being petty about this. The guy could have sold it to anyone that might be a competitor, hacker, er, never mind.
Check it out, but I don't think you're talking about Apple here, doing this. They may be called upon to give details to the police in order for them to do their investigation to see whether a violation of California law took place -- but I don't think Apple is prompting this.
What you've got going is the police acting on a "public display of a crime being committed" -- and just knowing the police -- that's what they love to nail ... doncha know ...
Well I don’t think they sell powdered donuts for crime scene investigations, at the donuts shops in the area.
So no prints, outlines, etc, no crime.
Maybe. LOL