Apple Stores all over the Bay Area are being targeted by brazen looting. Typically, one or more perps grab a large amount of merchandise while someone waits for them in a getaway car.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Apple stores in five counties are suffering attacks. These include Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco.
The Berkeley Apple store was hit at least three times in January and twice in December. However, a local media outlet reports that would-be looters were stopped at the door and prevented from entering the store in two other incidents in January. The only suspect, a Black male, has been arrested as a result of these January attacks.
The Emeryville, CA Apple Store shut down in September. It re-opened on January 10th and was looted on January 23rd.
The Bay Street Apple Store opened in 2016 and has suffered organized looting attacks since at least 2019.
The store completely shut down in the fall of 2023. It re-opened 1/10/24 and was looted on 1/23/24.
64 iPhones were stolen. pic.twitter.com/4smwBFaoVs
— National Conservative (@NatCon2022) February 7, 2024
Apple Store on Bay Street in Emeryville, CA. In between Oakland and Berkeley.
Thug sticks over 30 iPhone in his pants and then waddles straight past a police car parked at the entrance. pic.twitter.com/2vPYGrhRLg
— National Conservative (@NatCon2022) February 7, 2024
