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Elliot Burres / Las Vegas Sun
A Metro officer processes the scene inside the Apple Store on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, after, police said, a group of five people entered the store and started stealing iPhones and laptop computers. This photo, ironically, was shot on an iPhone.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 8:22 p.m.
A Metro Police car sits outside the Apple Store at Town Square on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, after, police said, a group of five people entered the store and started stealing iPhones and laptop computers. This photo, ironically, was shot on an iPhone.
Five people walked into the Apple Store at Town Square on Tuesday and started brazenly stealing iPhones and laptop computers, but they weren’t counting on plainclothes officers to be waiting outside, Metro Police said.
Metro Sgt. Rob Warburton said the group entered the store about 4 p.m. and immediately began stealing electronics from display tables.
A call about the incident went out over police radios, but plainclothes officers happened to be outside the store on an unrelated matter and saw what was going on, Warburton said.
As the group exited the store, the officers were able to take two people into custody, after a struggle, he said. The other three escaped.
Warburton said police are investigating if the suspects are responsible for recent thefts at other Apple Stores and some cell phone stores in the valley.
The two suspects caught were booked into the Clark County Detention Center on counts of burglary, grand larceny, conspiracy and battery on a police officer. No names were released, as the incident remains under investigation.
Can't wait to see the names and faces of these theif scumbags. Good work, Plainclothes Officers!
damn cops at it again..c'mon somebody rag on metro for violating rights or something you guys love crapping on them..c'mon aclu the accused were oppressed unemployed fine kids who's parents will deny that they're bad or had any criminal ties.
Good job Metro! We may have to resort to shoot to kill looters orders like happened in the 60's in order to put a stop to this new age looting.
I agree with tuasdad. People rag on cops, but when they need them, they sing a different tune.
Nationally, the stores average $4600 a square foot. They would not be bringing in that if they did not have good inventory control and security.
My dealings with Apple employees years ago prevent me from buying or going to an Apple store where the customers are treated like inmates and the employees think it is a privilege for them to talk to a customer.Apple products are over priced and improvements in the market has now taken them out of the equation.
I love how its all good in this case, but if the thugs brandished a weapon or took a shot and the cops had to put them down we would never hear the end of it. poor, poor criminals, they are just misunderstood.
Take these guys to Freemont, put them under the lights on Friday Night, and cut there hands off in front of EVERYONE!!! Make an example out of them! Stop waisting Tax Payers money on extended Jail Sentences! All we have to do Is do this one time, and the crime rate in this dying city would plummet to almost nothing! Support our Police Officers, and Firemen!
at least steal something useful, like a PC.
Nice job METRO, don't worry about the other 3 scumbags, their "friends" wil rat them out...
Great Work11
To Homer, I'm sure the Apple store will miss all the money that you would have spent there.
They must not have known that mobile me can use Google Earth to locate the house or bldg that a stolen item is located. It a great theft prevention deterrent.
You can also receive an ariel view of the home or bldg.
My boyfriend was stationed in Saudi Arabia during the gulf war.His first trip into a Saudi town led him to the town square where they were conducting a punishment of a local thief. The punishment for the thief? Cutting off one of his hands.
That's interesting Homer. I actually think that Apple's retail employees are very helpful, informed and respectful. I didn't start using Apple products until about 3 years ago but I will tell you now, I will NEVER use anything but Apple. Glad they caught these guys. Cops deserve credit. Just too bad they didn't catch all of them but I'm sure the ones that were caught will 'fes up.
I have always found the Apple store employees helpful and friendly. Never had a problem. Best products out there today. Not cheap, but the best.
Apples stock rose +3.73 to $339.87 on this news...LMAO. Hope they are all white kids that do meth
@artswanson
Are you stupid or are you stupid?
You realize your comment makes you no better than these thugs right? You are a parasite on society....you and these thugs who commit these crimes.