Thieves who made off with iPhones and iPads from an Apple Store in Philadelphia were dismayed to find the devices disabledPhoto by: Pictures: X/@mylordbebo
Cackling like hyenas, these iPhone looters think they’ve struck gold after clearing an Apple store of its goods.
But their joy quickly turns to horror after the store disabled devices and set off alarms on them.
This rendered them not only useless, but also incredibly irritating as the looters in Philadelphia couldn’t stop the blaring noise.
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Several other Apple devices are seen on the ground and one person appears holding iPhones in dismay.
‘Oh my god, these iPhones, oh my god,’ the same person is heard saying.
The video is captioned, ‘stolen ipads goin off’.
Earlier video showed dozens of looters inside an Apple store with ‘iPhone 15 Pro’ marked on the glass façade, grabbing devices as sirens sounded and cops cars could be seen arriving.
‘Free iPhones!’ someone could be heard saying repeatedly.
Police thus far have made 52 arrests from Wednesday night’s looting of stores in the Center City, Northeast and West Philadelphia, according to WPVI. All of them but three were adults, Jane Roh, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.
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Lululemon and Fine Wine & Good Spirits were also ransacked.
A looter known as Meatball, Dayjia Blackwell, was arrested after sharing videos of the mayhem at the Apple Store, Lululemon and Foot Locker, then entering and stealing from a liquor store.
Violence broke out in the City of Brotherly Love after a judge dismissed charges against former police Officer Mark Dial who fatally shot black man Eddie Irizarry, 27, in August.
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Interim police commissioner John Stanford said: ‘The bottom line is sending a message that Philadelphia is not going to be the place where you can do this type of behavior.’
* ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/28/iphone-disabled-apple-thieves-outrage-philadelphia-19574722/amp/
