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Thieves Clear Out NJ Apple Store In 31 Seconds

Posted by timothy on from the you're-soooo-specific dept.

theodp writes "An amazing surveillance tape of a burglary in progress at a New Jersey Apple Store shows five perps in masks smashing the plate-glass doors at 2:05 a.m., signaling to the security guard that they had a gun, and clearing off the display tables with the efficiency of a Indy 500 pit crew. The take: 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod touches in 31 seconds flat. Estimated value, based on average selling price: $46,345. No word yet on whether Microsoft's Laptop Hunters have alibis."

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  1. Re:That's pathetic! They get dumber every day. by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well the made the Security Guard think they had a gun to scare him. Where they did or not would be hard to prove unless it was caught on camera.

    The law often doesn't make a distinction between making your victim think you have a deadly weapon and actually possessing one.

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  2. A more useful URL to the start of the action... by JasonB · · Score: 4, Informative

    Skips over the newscaster BLAH BLAH BLAH:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qER69SvyYV8#t=0m48s

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Informative

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Re:"Perps?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    When you refer to an individual that "perpetrated" a crime, without knowing who they are, perp[etrator] is the proper term to use. We don't suspect that these guys robbed that store - we know they did - now to find them.

    However, when the cops finally pick up a person they "suspect" perpetrated the crime, they are a suspect.

  5. Re:I was amazed by michaelwv · · Score: 3, Informative

    The windows are supposed to break like that. The windows break into thousands of surprisingly unsharp pieces. It's for the opposite case of getting out of the store in case of emergency or just in general making breaking a window not as potentially lethal.

  6. Re:The newscaster's commentary made my brain bleed by demonlapin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Remarkably simple, actually. Just needs a sharp point impact. Check out the devices sold for breaking car windows "in case your car falls into the water".

  7. Cost of merchandise vs. cost of glass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I can tell you as an Architect, the cost of replacing the window will more than outweigh the cost of the computers for Apple.