$115K in iPhones stolen out of one car, $200K in iPhones lifted from Best Buy in the Apple Crime Blotter

$115K in iPhones stolen out of one car, $200K in iPhones lifted from Best Buy in the Apple Crime Blotter
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The Bridgeport Village Apple Store in Oregon

The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of crime involving Apple products.

Over $100,000 in iPhones stolen from car


Police in Oregon say an uncommonly large cache of iPhones —worth $115,000 —were stolen from a woman's car outside the Bridgeport Village Shopping Center in suburban Portland on December 8. According to Oregon Live, the theft took place while the owner of the car shopped at a nearby Apple Store.

Police say a man and woman broke a window in the car and took the iPhones.

Charged Apple engineer had Patriot missile file


Jizhong Chen, the former Apple engineer who was indicted earlier this year for stealing trade secrets, also was in possession of a classified file from the Defense Department's Patriot missile program. According to The Boston Globe Chen, who had been working on Apple's self-driving car initiative, had kept the documents in his home, adding national security implications to his case.

100 iPhones stolen from South Carolina Best Buy


Around a hundred iPhones, worth over $1,000, were stolen from a Best Buy in Summerville, S.C., overnight on Monday. According to The Post and Courier, police arrived at 2:18 a.m. to discover "two open cabinets and iPhone boxes scattered on the ground."

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