California Apple Store robbery gang stole over $1M in goods, cops say

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California's top law enforcement official, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, announced Thursday that police had busted a robbery ring that hit Apple Store locations across 19 counties. Seventeen people have been indicted over the scheme to steal more than $1 million in Apple products from stores in Butte County in the north of the state to San Diego County in the south.

Becerra's office said that seven people, who were not named, were arrested in Oakland on Tuesday and booked into the Alameda County Jail. Another suspect, Kennith Martin Jr., also of Oakland, is in custody in Sonoma County, roughly an hour's drive north. The remaining nine are at large.

Oakland Police Chief Anne E. Kirkpatrick and Lieutenant Burch talk with media about the criminal search warrant arrests officers made in connection with the Apple Store Robberies. pic.twitter.com/bwV3D3tDYq

- Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) September 27, 2018

The hoodie-wearing gang seemed to engage in simple tactics: literally walk in, brandish no weapons, grab electronics, and run out.

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