The Apple Retailer at Rundle Place in Australia
A UPS driver is accused of stealing $175,000 value of iPhones in 90 days, birds meet a grisly finish at an Apple Retailer in Australia, and a soccer coach is charged with hacking iCloud, all on this week’s Apple crime blotter.
UPS driver accused of stealing 171 iPhones
A person who labored for UPS in Florida was arrested and accused of stealing 171 iPhones, valued at $175,000, over the course of 90 days. In accordance with WEAR TV, the person made the behavior of stealing the product, every containing an iPhone 16, out of packages.
The entire shipments had been meant for T-Cellular prospects, and UPS found that the lacking cellphone had all been dealt with by that man. He was charged with grand theft cargo value $50,000 or extra, and has admitted guilt.
In March, a unique UPS driver was arrested in Texas, additionally for widespread theft of parcels with Apple merchandise.
Dozens of birds crash into Apple Retailer in Australia
Apple Retailer robberies was once common occurrences, with one such incident, the 2022 Amsterdam hostage scenario, even the topic of a movie that debuted on Netflix this week.
Latest weeks and months have seen a paucity of reviews of main Apple Retailer break-ins and robberies, presumably due to crackdowns on retail theft in California and different components of the nation.
However there was an unlucky incident at one Apple Retailer, involving birds.
HORRIFIC BIRD STRIKE INCIDENT IN ADELAIDE
Dozens of native tree martins crashed into Apple retailer home windows in Adelaide, leaving some birds lifeless and others injured
The incident occurred after birds had been spooked by a falcon and flew into massive glass home windows of the shop pic.twitter.com/vMkofwNQfg
— Information Room (@InfoR00M) April 18, 2025
Yahoo! Information reported that dozens of birds “shockingly plummeted” into the home windows of the Apple Retailer in Adelaide, Australia. In accordance with the report, 50 native Tree Martins crashed into the shop, with some dying and others being injured.
Apple plans to “set up a movie on the outside of the glass” to discourage the birds, the report mentioned.
A person who previously served as an assistant soccer coach for the College of Michigan and the Baltimore Ravens has pleaded not responsible to 24 counts of unauthorized entry to computer systems and aggravated identification theft.
Per ESPN, prosecutors have accused Matt Weiss of finishing up a”decade-long effort to realize entry to the social media, e mail and iCloud accounts belonging to hundreds of largely feminine faculty athletes.” Prosecutors say Weiss used the chance to acquire intimate photographs of the victims.
Weiss’s alleged crimes befell whereas he was at a number of totally different jobs, together with in Michigan. He has additionally been sued by a minimum of 17 totally different ladies.
AirTag results in man’s arrest for stealing from building web site
An AirTag left on a STIHL concrete noticed led to the arrest of a person for stealing from a building web site.
In accordance with the Laramie County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb web page, the merchandise was tracked to a house. The safety footage had additionally noticed a truck, which matched one on the house.
A 44-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property/felony, and with interference. The person additionally had housebreaking prices pending in Colorado.
Lady accused of iPhone theft “ruse” at Walmart
Police in North Carolina have arrested a lady for claiming an iPhone was stolen in 2023, however lied.
Per WNCN, the incident occurred in December of 2023, when the girl advised police that an iPhone was stolen and positioned in a recycling kiosk. Police have since decided that the girl lied. She knew the one who stole the iPhone, and the 2 arrived on the Walmart in the identical automobile.
She has been arrested, with a bond set at $5,000.
Rapper, singer feuding over stolen iPhone
Claims of a stolen iPhone 16 have led to a “heated feud” between South African rapper Fifi Cooper and singer Naledi Aphiwe.
In accordance with Bona, Naledi mentioned she left her cellphone in a toilet and had a dialog with a rapper assumed to be Cooper, after which the rapper “left the toilet in an odd method.”
Cooper, nonetheless, has “fired again” on TikTok.
iCloud proof utilized in arrest of Ohio man on gun, harmful system prices
Police within the Cincinnati space arrested a person on April 17 and charged him with possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a harmful system. All following a collection of incidents that befell in April of 2024.
In accordance with Fox 19, police say the person was chargeable for an “improvised explosive system” that was present in September at a soccer complicated.
He has been charged for this and different previous incidents, and legislation enforcement obtained a federal search warrant for his iCloud account, which turned up proof. Amongst that proof was “movies of explosions together with the destruction of a automobile,” in addition to “recipes” for bombs.
Individual of curiosity sought in Louisiana iPad theft
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace is investigating the March theft of a $1,200 iPad. It was found after the proprietor’s son began receiving FaceTime calls from the system from another person, described as “an unknown, older white male with glasses.”
Those that acknowledge the person are suggested to contact the Felony Investigations Workplace at 985-902-2043.
