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Thieves steal from Apple Store
http://abc7news.com/ ^ | Monday, July 09, 2018 | Jason Oliveira

Posted on 07/10/2018 11:31:09 AM PDT by CodeJockey

FRESNO, Calif. -- Crystal clear surveillance video shows how a group of young men made off with a small fortune worth of Apple products in Fresno.

The four only needed mere seconds to steal 26 items totaling $27,000 Saturday morning at the store inside Fashion Fair Mall.

Lt. Mark Hudson of the Fresno Police Department says the group took, "Various iPhones, the iPhone 6, iPhone 7 and 8, and even the new iPhone X was taken in this grand theft."

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7news.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: apple; localnews; sons; theives
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To: CodeJockey

Just so sad that someone did not clock one or two of them! Times sure have changed!


21 posted on 07/10/2018 12:38:10 PM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: CodeJockey

They snatched up those laptops like jerked monkey meat in a Monrovia food market.


22 posted on 07/10/2018 12:40:58 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: CodeJockey

So, steal a bunch of very expensive GPS units. That have microphones. And cameras. GENIUS!


23 posted on 07/10/2018 12:41:12 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: CodeJockey

If Apple called the cops, then they’re racist.


24 posted on 07/10/2018 12:42:32 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Red Badger
Is there a way to do that with an iPhone?.....................

You can take the thief’s picture but you can only brick the iPhone/iPad. There is no way to change what appears on the lock screen. The tracking is still there though. I agree that would be nice to be able to put a “This iPhone/iPad is stolen” screen on it. . . But it may just be lost.

The iPhones and iPads are completely useless to a thief. They can never be re-activated without the original owner’s AppleID and passcode. Unless the original owner has released them from that tether, they can’t be re-stored to operational status.

25 posted on 07/10/2018 1:44:50 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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To: Swordmaker

So, these ‘thieves’ were triply stupid..................


26 posted on 07/10/2018 1:51:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: SecondAmendment


27 posted on 07/10/2018 1:52:23 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Well said my FRiend.


28 posted on 07/10/2018 6:25:18 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: roadcat

The phones, iPads and computers can all be tracked.

The stupid Thieves will be caught.


29 posted on 07/10/2018 6:27:43 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: CodeJockey
That stolen merchandise was rendered utterly worthless within an hour or two of it being stolen. Not only is Apple the only major tech company that truly cares about your privacy but they have the ability to lock down a stolen device in seconds.

Some people on FR might not like Apple but it is a brilliant company that truly changed the world with its products.

30 posted on 07/10/2018 6:33:09 PM PDT by SamAdams76 ( Have you eaten your bone marrow today?)
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31 posted on 07/10/2018 6:35:07 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Enlightened1
The stupid Thieves will be caught.

Yes they will. The demo models are directly linked to Apple, and signal them with a "Find my iPhone" alert with location.

A few years ago my iPad was lifted by someone at a downtown SF store. When I got home, I tracked it from another device as it wandered around SF. Meanwhile, I sent messages to the screen with a contact number and asking it be returned, with a reward. I created an incident report with the police and BART authorities. It appeared to stop moving around at a downtown hotel and I forwarded that information to the police. Later that evening, I decided I waited enough and sent a command to wipe the device of all data. After that, if anyone tried to use it, it would display a message to connect to Apple iTunes for use. Without my ID, it was useless. I suspected it was a tourist, as they were at a hotel.

I got lucky, two weeks later BART notified me that it was turned in at BART. I asked them if anyone left contact information as I would give a reward, and they said it was turned in anonymously. Tourist must have given up thinking of using the iPad, and turned it in before leaving SF. I had it in an iPad travel bag, with other items, all was there. Side note, this showed me that the BART employees were honest enough to see it returned to the rightful owner (me). The Apple tracking system works!

32 posted on 07/10/2018 7:04:11 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: CodeJockey

Police are now hunting for the suspects, whom they described as four or five black males between 16 and 18 years old. They believe a getaway driver was also involved.


33 posted on 07/10/2018 8:09:38 PM PDT by sushiman (i)
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