A $15 million trailer theft contains Apple merchandise, a number of iPhone thefts are reported within the nation’s capital, and an airline is sued over a stolen iPad, on this week’s Apple Crime Blotter.
The newest in an occasional AppleInsider collection, wanting on the world of Apple-related crime.
Lady charged with pair of thefts from Scotland Apple Retailer
An 18-year-old lady has been arrested and charged with a pair of thefts of iPhones from the Braehead Apple Retailer in Glasgow, on June 1 and July 9.
Per The BBC, the girl was charged within the two thefts, totaling a price of 17,000 kilos (the equal of $22,853). Totally different accomplices, a 19-year-old man within the first incident and a 42-year-old lady within the second, had been additionally arrested.
Truck cargo with tens of millions value of Apple merchandise, semiconductors stolen
A semi-trailer owned by Ceva Logistics and containing $15 million value of Apple merchandise and semiconductors was stolen in Reno, Nev., in early July. It is a crime that continues to be beneath investigation, Freight Waves reported.
AppleInsider reported more concerning the high-dollar thefts, which escaped the discover of most media for greater than a month.
The stolen cargo contained AMD processors in addition to Apple merchandise, nevertheless it’s not clear what the breakdown was of every, or which Apple objects had been included. The trailer, which had been transported from Sacramento to Reno, “was left at so much after hours the place there have been no guards or fencing, indifferent from the tractor.”
A number of iPhone thefts reported in Washington
There have been two experiences of thefts involving iPhones in Northwest Washington, D.C., in late July and early August, however just one led to the president of the US threatening to revoke the capital’s house rule.
WJLA reported on July 31 {that a} man was robbed at gunpoint in Northwest D.C. and had quite a few objects stolen, together with two iPhone 16 Professionals, 4 MacBook Professionals, two backpacks and his automotive.
One of many iPhones and two of the MacBooks had been recovered.
Then, on Sunday, August 3, suspects approached a pair of victims and “demanded the sufferer’s automobile after which assaulted one of many victims,” the police department said. A Metropolitan Police Division cruiser pulled onto the block whereas the assault was in progress, and arrested two of the suspects.
In line with journalist Will Sommer, who obtained the police report, among the many victims within the second crime was Edward Coristine, previously a semi-prominent member of Elon Musk’s DOGE crew, recognized by the nickname “Large Balls.” That report lists a stolen black iPhone 16 as a part of the “automobile/property and objects abstract.”
Here is the DC police report from the assault / tried car-jacking on DOGE star Edward Coristine aka “Large Balls” that Trump is now utilizing as a possible pretext to finish DC house rule. pic.twitter.com/Y0G3GKQXsz
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 6, 2025
For maybe that cause, President Donald Trump has introduced plans to deploy the Nationwide Guard within the metropolis and threatened to overrule the Residence Rule Act, which might give the federal authorities higher management over the capital.
“We simply virtually misplaced a younger man, stunning, good-looking man that bought the hell knocked out of him,” Trump told reporters this week, in response to Reuters.
Man sentenced for Fb Market robberies
Additionally in Washington, a 20-year-old man was sentenced to nearly nine years in jail in late July, after he was convicted of a pair of armed robberies in 2023.
In line with WUSA, the person had organized to purchase a MacBook in one of many incidents, and to promote iPhones within the different. In each incidents, he confirmed up and robbed his counterparty. Within the latter case, he and an confederate hit the sufferer within the face with a handgun.
Delta Airways sued by household over kid’s stolen iPad that was later used for express movies
A South Carolina household has sued Delta Airlines, claiming that their little one left an iPad behind on a airplane, and an airline worker then used the iPad to file “sexually express movies of himself.” In 2023, these movies had been later uploaded to iCloud and found by the mother and father, The Guardian writes.
The lawsuit is for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and harassment, and alleges that Delta’s response to the incident was inadequate.
The airline, whereas claiming “zero tolerance for illegal habits of any sort,” advised the newspaper that the particular person in query “just isn’t a Delta worker however certainly one of a vendor firm.”
The household’s legal professional gave a neighborhood TV information interview, during which he shared that the iPad was embellished with the likeness of Peppa Pig:
The go well with claims that the photographs uploaded to iCloud confirmed the person “in his Delta uniform along with his identify badge seen,” and that later movies confirmed the person participating in intercourse acts, whereas nonetheless sporting the uniform and badge.
San Francisco nightclub raid was related to newly indicted Oregon iPhone ring
The San Francisco Police Division in early August performed a late-night raid of an allegedly unlawful nightclub suspected of involvement in “medication and intercourse crimes.” Additionally, in response to SFist, one of many individuals arrested had been wished for a collection of armed iPhone cargo thefts in Oregon.
The person was one of five indicted this week on federal costs that they conspired to steal iPhone shipments at gunpoint. These suspects reportedly impersonated FBI brokers whereas committing the thefts.
Man tracks down father’s stolen iPhone, due to “worn-out flip flops”
A Toronto man named Jason Zhao successfully tracked his father’s iPhone after it was stolen from a grocery store in July.
Per The Toronto Star, Zhao began monitoring the stolen iPhone, when “a random photograph” appeared on a unique gadget, the daddy’s iPad. The thief, he discovered, had “unintentionally opened the digital camera and took a photograph of his personal ft.”
These ft had been clad in what Zhao described as “a really distinctive pair of worn-out flip-flops.”
Zhao stored monitoring the iPhone’s location, ultimately recognizing it at a on line casino, to which he drove and ended up discovering the suspect in particular person, recognizing him by these footwear, in addition to the audible alert sound. It took a number of calls to police, however ultimately they arrived and arrested the thief.
Two arrested after iPad “seize and run” from Walmart
Two males from West Palm Seaside, Fla., were arrested after trying to steal iPads from a Walmart in Coconut Creek and fleeing on foot. In line with TAPinto Coconut Creek, the 2 males are suspected to be a part of a wider theft ring in Broward County.
Per the information report, the pair, who’re 22 and 23 years outdated, walked into the Walmart, requested workers to point out them iPads, after which grabbed them and ran out of the shop. Police within the parking zone noticed them ran, blocked their automotive’s path out of the lot, and chased them down.
Each males had been charged with grand theft and resisting arrest with out violence, whereas certainly one of them bought an extra cost of violating probation.
