Crime blotter: How the Long Island truck hijackers were caught
Three individuals were indicted for hijacking a truck near a Long Island Apple Store and stealing $1.2 million worth of Apple products, with their capture aided by fingerprints, a rented storage unit, and activation of stolen Apple Watches. In a separate case, a man was arrested in the UK for selling a government-issued iPhone stolen from Morgan McSweeney, chief of staff to British Prime Minister Kier Starmer, though the phone remains unrecovered. An AirTag helped police track and recover a stolen $300,000 Lamborghini in New Jersey after a high-speed chase.
- ▪Three people were indicted for stealing $1.2 million in Apple products during a truck hijacking near a Long Island Apple Store.
- ▪The suspects were caught through fingerprints, a storage unit rented under one suspect's name, and the activation of two stolen Apple Watches.
- ▪A man was arrested for selling Morgan McSweeney's stolen iPhone, though he is not believed to have committed the original theft.
- ▪An AirTag placed inside a stolen Lamborghini allowed police to track and recover the vehicle in New Jersey.
- ▪A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty to stealing a MacBook containing unreleased Beyonce music from a rental car in Atlanta.
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News Crime blotter: How the Long Island truck hijackers were caught Stephen Silver 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Sun May 17 2026, 07:22 AM EDT · 4 minute read The Manhasset Apple Store An arrest is made in the Morgan McSweeney stolen iPhone case, a guilty plea in the Beyonce stolen music case, and an AirTag helps recover a stolen Lamborghini, all in this week's Apple Crime Blotter. The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Apple product thieves were caught after one activated stolen Apple WatchesOn May 7, the Justice Department announced indictments of three people for their parts in the "brazen daytime robbery" in January.
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