money Apple store robbed of $500,000 in gear after thieves cut through nearby wall to access business
In a caper straight out of "Ocean's Eleven," some burglars cut through a neighboring store in a Seattle-area mall to make off with about $500,000 in electronics from an Apple Store.
Subjects broke into the Apple Store at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, Washington, on , April 3, between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. PT, the Lynnwood Police Department said in a post on Twitter.
When Apple employees arrived at work the next morning, they "discovered an entire wall of iPhones (approximately 436) were gone," police said. In all, about $500,000 worth of merchandise including iPhones, Apple Watches and other products were stolen, police said.
So far, no arrests have been made, police said.
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Mike Atkinson, CEO of Seattle Coffee Gear, a store adjacent to the Apple store, posted on Twitter that "two men broke into one of our retail locations. Why? To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of Iphones🙄."
Here's the details of our break in from the other night. Pretty crazy stuff. Here's hoping Lynnwood police can find these crooks!
Burglars steal $500K from Alderwood Mall Apple store after cutting hole in adjacent store https://t.co/lviHCT37HL— Mike Atkinson (@coffeemikeatkin) April 4, 2023
Seattle Coffee Gear regional manager Eric Marks told Seattle TV station KOMO News that the burglars “pried our front door open. … (It was a) 24 by 18 hole cut in the wall into what appears to be the back room of the Apple store. I’m surprised we were the conduit for them to get to the Apple store. I had no clue we were so close or adjacent to them.”
Police told KOMO News surveillance video suggested the heist was a well-organized operation based on “the masks that the folks were wearing, that there were no fingerprints left behind,” Lynnwood Police Department communications manager Maren McKay told KOMO News.
Police denied the outlet's request for the surveillance footage, for now, because of the ongoing investigation, it reported.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Apple store robbed of $500,000 in iPhones, watches at Washington mall
