Bail revoked in Hingham Apple Store crash case

iPhones stolen in San Francisco ended up in Los Angeles; an iPhone and MacBook were seized from a disgraced ex-Congressman, and police arrested a man for AirTag stalking, all in this week’s Apple Crime Blotter.

The latest in an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.

Bail revoked in Hingham Apple Store crash case

The man charged in the November 2022 crash at the Hingham, Mass. Apple Store had his bail revoked in mid-August.

According to NBC Boston, Plymouth County prosecutors revoked Bradley Rein’s bail after saying he violated probation. The violation, the report said, concerned his alcohol-monitoring bracelet.

Rein was charged with several crimes, including second-degree murder and motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, following the incident in which his 2019 Toyota 4Runner crashed into the Apple Store, killing one man and injuring 22 individuals.

Rein has pleaded not guilty, and the case still has not gone to trial after nearly four years.

iPhone, MacBook were seized from former Rep. Eric Swalwell

Federal agents seized devices, including an iPhone and MacBook, from former Rep. Eric Swalwell on August 15.

The San Francisco Standard obtained the warrant and reports that the FBI’s Public Corruption and Civil Rights Squad served it. The former lawmaker was searched at San Francisco International Airport, the report said, and his home in Washington was raided.

Swalwell resigned from Congress and dropped his bid for governor of California in April, after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. The New York Times reported that Swalwell is facing “a civil rights investigation concerning allegations of sexual assault.”

iPhones stolen from Outside Lands festival landed in Los Angeles

Several attendees at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco in early August reported that their iPhones were stolen by pickpockets. Those victims, following Find My iPhone pings, discovered their stolen devices had landed in Los Angeles.

The San Francisco Standard reports at least three victims followed their iPhones as they moved down Interstate 5, down the California coast.

One of the victims said that the Los Angeles Police Department reported receiving as many as 20 such reports in a single day. But according to the report, jurisdictional complications kept police investigations from moving forward.

Police seek man accused of buying two MacBooks with a stolen credit card

Police in Monroeville, Pa., are looking for a man they say stole a credit card from a car and used it to buy two MacBook Pro computers from Best Buy.

According to WPXI, the two computers are valued at $5,000.

Man arrested for AirTag stalking, paintball gun shooting

A 37-year-old man in Louisville was arrested in early August and accused of using an AirTag to stalk his ex-girlfriend, in violation of a protective order. In addition, he is accused of shooting at her windshield with a paintball gun.

According to WLKY, the man violated the protective order “several times” in a four-day period in July.

After the woman was involved in a car accident, she told police that she had noticed an AirTag ping near her car. The man charged later texted the woman’s boyfriend, called the woman from different phone numbers, and later fired at her car with a paintball gun.

He was charged with stalking, intentional unlawful use of a tracking device, and wanton endangerment.

Tracking of iPad signal leads to arrest in burglary

A man accused of a burglary at an apartment complex in Oregon was caught after an iPad stolen in the burglary was tracked.

KPTV explains that police in Clackamas County were following a ping from a burglary the day before in southwest Portland. Police saw a man who matched the description of the suspect, who ran back to his apartment.

The 33-year-old resisted arrest but was eventually subdued.

Police were able to recover the iPad, as well as other stolen items, which included “three guitars, an amplifier, two watches, an empty firearm case, a duffel bag containing prescription medication and eyeglasses, power tools, banking documents, family photographs, and a college diploma.”

Other illicit items were also discovered in the residence, including a gun, ammunition, and various documents, including “driver’s licenses, passports, birth certificates, checks, and bank cards.”

The man was charged with several crimes, including burglary, theft, theft of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, and resisting arrest.

AirTag leads to arrest in vehicle prowl

Police in Olympia, Wash., said in late July that they had arrested a man who broke a car window and took items from the car.

According to The Olympian, an AirTag was inside some of the stolen items, which led police to a house in nearby Lakewood. The items were returned and the suspect arrested. He was charged with suspicion of second-degree vehicle prowl and second-degree theft.

Man arrested after stolen AirPods were tracked to his home

A 19-year-old man in North Carolina was charged on Wednesday after a woman tracked a pair of her stolen AirPods to the man’s home.

WLOS reports the woman says the man broke into her car and stole several items, including the AirPods, an iPad Pro, a wallet, a purse and a medicine bag.

She followed the Find My iPhone signal to the man’s home, and after a “verbal confrontation,” police arrived and arrested the man. He was charged with felony breaking and entering a motor vehicle, felony larceny, and felony possession of stolen goods/property.

Railway police in India follow Apple Watch to catch diamond gang

The Tambaram Railway Police in July arrested two members of a North Indian Railway theft gang in connection with the theft of diamond jewelry on a train.

According to The Deccan Chronicle, a stolen bag taken in the heist had an Apple Watch in it, which led investigators to track its location and identify which section of the train the theft had taken place in.

Going over a list of passengers in that section, they were able to narrow it down.

The thieves, investigators believe, “transferred the jewellery from the stolen bag into their own bags inside the moving train and threw the bag containing the Apple Watch out of the train.”

iPad, cash stolen from coffee shop

A coffee shop in Buffalo’s Elmwood neighborhood had to close for a day in late July after cash and an iPad were stolen in a break-in.

According to WGRZ, Overwinter Coffee said that someone snuck in through an open window.

Buffalo Police reported that a warrant had been issued for an arrest.

“Detectives identified him through surveillance footage after he unlawfully entered the business through an open side window and stole approximately $600 in cash and an iPad,” the police department said, per the station.