Burglars Make Off with $163K in Apple Products

Burglars stole nearly 300 Apple products—iPods, iPads and iPhones— from the on Hamilton Avenue Wednesday night, Campbell Police Capt. Charley Adams told Patch.

The suspects took items valued at $163,000 from the electronics store around 12:15 a.m., he said.

According to the police log, the suspects, somewhere between two and five, pried open the front exit door, opened the electronics cage and stole numerous Apple products.

Investigators believe the items will likely soon appear for sale on eBay and Craigslist, the Campbell Police Department press release stated.

"This is the largest theft in this location that I know of," Adams said.

According to the police log, the suspects fled to an awaiting car on the southbound Highway 17 on-ramp through a hole they had cut in the east fence. A surveillance video captured the suspects returning two more times in the night to steal additional merchandise.

The Campbell Police Department asks the public to be extremely cautious of purchasing iPads, iPods, and iPhones from individual sellers and locations other than legitimate storefront retail locations, the release stated.

The risk of receiving stolen property through individual online sales is high, police said.

"We are making this public notification in an effort to protect the public from involvement in a criminal investigation and from risk of arrest for receiving and possessing stolen property," the release added.

Campbell Police continues to investigate the incident, along with Fry’s Loss Prevention and the regional Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team task force and although it is something police always look into, "there is no evidence that it is an inside job," Adams said.

Anyone with information about this theft may contact the Campbell Police Department Investigations Unit at 408-866-2184.

Those wishing to remain anonymous, should call Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Tip line at 408-947-STOP (7867).