Groups of technology bandits are targeting Apple stores in a growing number of grab-and-run burglaries. Thieves have hit more than a dozen of the iconic retail locations in recent months, mostly in California.
Surveillance video shows how in just seconds, iPhones, iPads and laptops are snatched off tables and taken out the door.
One of the most recent hits was Sunday in Burlingame, California. Another location in Pasadena was hit with the same type of grab-and-run burglary two years ago. One Los Angeles store experienced three robberies in eight days.
Many of the robberies netted thousands of dollars worth of items.
“These items are relatively small and they’re very expensive,” Captain Garo Kuredjian of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department said. “So if they get away with a few things in their hands, these are very easy to transfer into cash.”
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