On Sunday, the three females pictured above entered the Apple store on S. Main St. in Walnut Creek and stole 16 iPhones, according to the Walnut Creek Police Department.
The subjects fled in a silver four-door Honda Civic driven by a male.
If you can ID these subjects contact Officer Bertolozzi at tbertolozzi@walnutcreekpd.com .
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California’s redistribution of wealth program at work…
Since most (if not all) the Apple store robbery suspects we’ve seen seem to fit a certain profile, would it be appropriate for security to closely monitor patrons entering the store that fits this profile? Probably not, huh?
Been saying it for awhile. Start profiling(that goes for all races).Everyone does it anyway. And there’s a reason we all do it
Nope, no profiling allowed. That’s racist or sexist or whatever they want to call it. We’re the bad guy, not them.
You would think, but if its “official” then Apple would be racist, bet they will just keep letting stuff get stolen and jack up prices even more.
No, the Apple store burglary suspects do not fit any profile.
What you propose is stereotyping, and is wrong.
These proposals are in line with statistics.
@convord ygnacio When was the last time you saw white girls doing this?
For sure. Lol. No law suits there for racial profiling.
By your logic, all white males should be evaluated before being let into festivals/shopping malls/schools/parks/etc., since most domestic terrorists and mass shooters fit that profile.
Do you now see how silly your statement is now? Racism is not the answer here.
Nothing wrong with profiling. They do it on Law & Order right:>
@Claycord Native. Yes, since the majority of mass shootings are white males they should be profiled before as such. Not everything is racism, it’s simple profiling for statistical reason.
@Claycord Native–
If I was at a mall and I see a white guy wearing a maga hat and a black trench coat, yeah I’d want someone to keep an eye on him and I’d get as far away as possible.
@Claycord Native:
Are white males committing those crimes disproportionately?
Since most (if not all) mass shootings in america suspects fit a certain profile, would it be appropriate for America to monitor patrons? Probably not, huh?
This continues to happen for one very simple reason. There are no consequences. If the DA actually charges anyone, it will be reduced to an infraction and a $28 fine, not even probation.
Until we actually enforce the law to the full extent of punishment, these smash and grabs will continue. And Apple doesn’t care, that’s why your $36 mfg cost phone sells for $1000.
Vote in people that support strict punishment and support law enforcement and enforcing laws.
iPhones cost so much because iPhone users will overpay and Apple knows that. Also a Windows laptop with the same specs as a MacBook Air will cost about 1/3 the price of the Air.
And prices of technology are going up due to Donny’s tariffs though he is delaying his latest round which will effect tech.
@Captain
You make a false claim which was just in news recently. iPhones are worth more used than any other phone. Samsung admits they pay more to buy back iPhones not due to marketing but because they are worth more. Don’t believe me, look for the article was only 2-3-4 weeks ago. Can’t speak for MacBook would agree with you there.
I think 16 iPhones exceeds 950.00 slap on the hand.
Agreed, Apple will charge whatever they want and people will pay it because it says Apple even though there are better choices for less
@TOB,
The Cap’n didn’t make a false claim at all. Apple phones are “worth” more because people will pay more for them. Not because they’re actually better in any way.
@TOB, my Apple certified refurbished iPhone cost a little over $150 and is a 64GB model. I use it only for iOS development but was surprised that it’s wireless reception about as weak as my old Google Nexus phone. My Moto G4 cost less than $200 new and much better reception.
Might want to check with people over the hill for a I.D. Just a thought.
Which one?
Why? Criminals come from everywhere, not just “over the hill”.
Right, driving the price up for everyone. But, what the heck, these could be Obama’s daughters just like the young men robbing convenience stores could be Obama’s sons.
Post their booking photo’s when caught. This is a felony theft.
That will be pleaded out to a “unsafe pulling away from the curb” parking ticket.
So did the 20+ year old Civic have paper plates??
Suprised it didn’t have all blacked out windows……including the Windshield!!!
It will next time around. They’re getting the windows tinted with the proceeds from the heist.
This is gold…..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If the Owners of retail business even cared about crime they would hire armed Security Guards, just like responsible Banks and Credit Unions .
They had Walnut Creek Police there for a long time watching and also security after the drive thru smash and grabs. then like everyone does they let their guard down, thinking those silver posts outside will keep it from happening again.
It’s sad because Sunday I saw a similar group with overflowing huge tattered GAP shopping bags put in their trunks in the Broadway Plaza garage. Knowing profiling is not allowed, I had to look away and just grimace.
Correct. Apple invites this behavior by not stoping or securing their property.
Apple’s reply is oh well. As soon as you turn on the phone we’ll find it.
EXCEPT.
Those phones are jail broke or sold to folks who can jail break the phone then it’s open market.
You stamp out crime with good security and prosecution. Apple does neither. Local PD can only react to crimes not prevent them all.
Once they all discovered Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, all of this started. Why not, nothing will happen to any of them and the rest of us suckers can pay twice as much next time
The city should put a gate on east bound 24 to be dropped for these occasions.
The criminals could have come from this area. Stop stigmatizing Oakland and the surrounding areas.
Who said Oakland ?
concord ygnacio If it is proved they came from the creek I will give you my house. Sorry you are offended but this crap is out of hand. We are living in two worlds honest people and thieves Thieves belong in jail. By the way Oakland is doing a pretty good job of stigmatizing itself.
I think in the long run merchants are not doing anyone a favor by not stopping these robberies.
Since they have a pretty good picture of these people, maybe when school starts, the schools could help out and they can look at the students photo ID and see if there is a match at any of the schools? It might sound time consuming, but unless they get punished for their crimes, they’ll just do it again.
pretty sure they are drop outs. Could even be prostitutes with their pimp driving
What you propose would be illegal.
Concord Ygnacio And stealing phones isn’t?
Lol! High School got my photo when I was a freshman & never again. I figured out pretty fast that the yearbook was just a file of mugshots.
I thought the males were supposed to do the stealing and the females drive the getaway car?? These girls need to renegotiate their contracts.
Same old story. Grainy photos.
The grainy photos go’s to show you Apple Inc. doesn’t care about the safety of its customers … nor do they care about identifying any of their suspects.
People need to boycott the stores.
I thought iphones wouldn’t work when stolen from a store, but it keeps happening so there must be a way they are making money on them.
People would steal cars for its parts. Stealing iPhones is so much easier.
Future democrats yay
Reparations in full swing
Your anti America at work
Ohh no worries their just training the young one
Police and the DA are not arresting any anti fa any longer
Oh haven’t you heard everything is free
WCREEK NEW anti America in full swing
Hey sanctuary means free
Oh by the way next tax hike coming to repay stores
Would not want to own a business in W CREEK
The word is out cccounty is crime friendly
Yay voters your pro crime is working
Good thing they didn’t have any plastic straws on them or for sure jail time
Hey de slacker these girls apparently need a new vehicle better start your new board up for supporting transportation reparations
New slogan for WCREEK fastest shopping in the Bay Area just walk in and walk out
Hey Gavin you should have these girls to the capital for a photo op …of your great state of sanctuary free phone program ….will be relected for sure
Hey pelosi ahh never mind she is busy with internal Congress anti America collaborators
Where is trey gowdy I am sure he would have a way to fix this sort of shenanigans
Trey gowdy for gov
No these are Oakland pros ….pitts Antioch are more into contraband and shooting
Hey bring up the footage of the last phone store robbery (oh sorry I mean misunderstanding ) I believe we’ve seen their skills before
Innocent until guilty by video oops well not if you divide up the loot Amongst them they are below the $950 mark or they can say the under age girl made them do it …either way ….no one is looking for them …all is free in sanctuary
You sound like someone who’s gone off their meds
@claycord native…… no….. he isn’t off his meds, you just have a hard time swallowing the truth…. just remember this…. never disrupt your enemies when there in the middle of destroying themselves…. have a good day🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Actually, RandomTask is right in all he says. I agree with him! it can be maddening to see so many others with their heads in the sand and or will not acknowledge what’s going on. What random task said is true!
Yes I know her. Her name is Brat
I walked past the Apple store on a Sunday late last year and happened to notice an (I assume off duty and hired by Apple) WC Police Officer standing guard at the front door.
Does the Apple store no longer use such officers for security protection?
The officer they had at Apple for a while now works for the homeless… So many problems in Walnut Creek with an out of touch Mayor.
@Aunt Barbara: Out of touch?? Homelessness is a more serious problem than theft from an Apple store.
“Homelessness is a more serious problem than theft from an Apple store.”
Who made you arbiter of what’s worse or better than anything else?
Homelessness is much more important than a few stolen phones.
The Mayor invited all the homeless in DOWNTOWN and did not think of all the problems involved with that and now the police are overrun with calls.
so they assigned special officers to handle them.
The downtown safeway bathrooms are used as their powder room and it is a HEALTH HAZARD.
I saw a car just like that, but it was two Sundays ago, the afternoon of August 4th. It was headed west on Mt. Diablo about 0.5 mi from the 24 entrance. I was waiting at a crosswalk, so I was able to observe it as it passed.
It was immediately strange that a crummy car was filled with people wearing sweatshirts. It was literally 90 degrees outside. With all the Teslas driving by, it stuck out like a big sore thumb.
Could’ve been an unrelated vehicle, but it shared all the similarities of the first photo in this article.
well if the police were able to pull over a guy hiding his face while driving
this would have been thwarted ….but since politicians own the police
and do not allow them to pull over their future voting constituents
funny how the establishment is dragging down every city that was thriving 20 years ago …why
why drag down cities to be holes of sanctuary and dirty and bad roads and high taxes with huge pop of bums and low income housing
can any dem voter answer that for meh please ty
Well Random Task, it all started with President Reagan and his union busting concerning our Airport Flight Controllers and then came his trickle down theory so that CEO’s could make larger amounts of money and not get taxed heavily on it. With that the wages stayed stagnant while the CEO’s money increased. Then we no longer had stay at home mothers because it soon took two incomes to raise a family and the family suffered for it. And eventually over the years the cost of living kept going up while the wages stayed stagnant and children were left unsupervised and then boom increased poverty which leads to crime. People got to eat. Glorification of wealth on those reality shows. Then we get a young generation of youth who have no hope in owning a home because of low wages and extremely high priced housing. Of course there are the United States capitalists who have exploited other countries resources and now other people think they can be capitalists themselves so they come to America. Maybe people of color are fed up with the way they are disrespected by white people so they don’t really care if your iPhone price goes up and .25 cents. Be respectful to people and give them dignity and they are far more unlikely to do bad things.
“Be respectful to people and give them dignity and they are far more unlikely to do bad things.”
Give it a rest. They’re stealing iPhones, not food and diapers.
Respect is earned, and it is a two-way street. You’ve got to give it to get it. These girls aren’t earning it and they sure aren’t giving it.
Wouldn’t iPhones being displayed in a store like that be: a) track-able? and b) disable-able? Why do people keep stealing cell phones in this manner if they’re going to be paperweights within an hour or two?
As long as they returned mommy’s car on time
Not Mommies but stolen more than likely. They wouldn’t use a traceable car in a robbery.
Two of girls have matching pink and gray shoes. Maybe sisters, maybe part of a cheer team. Or just coordinating thief’s.
At least mom and dad get new phones.
Stay classy WC.
Why not install double interlocking doors? Thieves get in.. they can’t get out.
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Re: Claycord Native. Actually you are incorrect. Please read the following 2016 expose/article from the New York Times–a VERY left-leaning news source– regarding mass-casualty shootings. The author(s)/reporter(s) of this article state that 75% of ALL mass casualty shootings committed each year are done by blacks/African Americans, not whites. Whites ONLY constitute approximately 10% of all shootings. Sadly, black on black and black on white shootings and other crimes appear to be an epidemic with no end in sight. I simply wanted to clarify the facts verse the continual fiction we hear ad nauseam via the talking heads in mainstream news and from MOST politicians.
I’m not sure what NYT article you reference in your post but here is some data on mass-casualty shootings which do not support your statement.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/
As a middle aged white man who recently went through traumatic personal issues and being armed beyond reason, I hope you’re wrong Claycord Native. 🤪
@JWB:
I was searching for the methodology and criteria used in compiling those statistics you linked, then saw the source was Mother Jones, so I had myself a chuckle and decided to take a quick look anyway just for s**ts and giggles.
Even if I accept the methodology and criteria used, a cursory glance reveals that whites – at ~62% of the population – committed 56% of the subject crimes. Blacks – at ~13% of the population – committed 17% of the subject crimes.
Definition of disproportion, courtesy of Merriam-Webster
: lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation
@ Rollo
First I think statistics is a poor way of trying to address very complex questions with many underlying factors. For example as you can see the numbers of incidents are not that large (obviously I don’t mean to diminish them either). I don’t know about the geographical distributions of the incidents. So your conclusions are useless.
The only reason I provided the original link was because a previous poster referred to an alleged article in the NYT saying that “75% of all mass shootings each year are committed by a certain ethnicity” The numbers in my link do not support this.
Definition of fallacy, courtesy of Merriam-Webster
: a false or mistaken idea
“So your conclusions are useless.”
Do tell, what conclusions did I draw? Perhaps you drew conclusions that you’re projecting onto me?
@ Rollo
Just read your 10:28 posting again … and you may figure it out.
I give you a hint, what you claimed in that post is disproportionate to what you now want it to claim.
@JWB:
No conclusions were drawn. I used the overly simple (Mother Jones, you know) numbers from your link to calculate the rate at which two populations commit a certain crime. Statistics are just numbers, as are percentages. So again, what conclusions did YOU draw that you’d like to project on me?
Sweatshirts and one even has their Hoodie up……in 95 degree Summer.
Should be an automatic call to Police.
Even if only to do a mental health check!
Just a certain segment of criminals that are protected like sacred cows in this state. These lowlife will never be punished for their crimes, thus the cycle of lawlessness continues.
For the last 3 months or so, UPS drivers delivering to cell phone stores located by freeway on-ramps have been getting assaulted and robbed. No description of the perpetrators or their vehicle have been given out to the other drivers. All they have been told is to be aware of their surroundings. It has happened about 8 times in the last 3 months. Apparently there is no concern for the safety of the drivers. This has not made the news. It’s being hushed.
if the preponderance of crimes of this type are committed by young black women, it is they who are making it a racial issue, not the observation that the preponderance of crimes of this types are committed by young black women.
If the store did it’s job,then those phones won’t work. If they’re on, then Apple will turn them off. How that could possibly be worth the risk for the small chance that you can fence them that fast? Rookies.
The price of the IPhone will go up on December 15, 2019 due to Trumps tariffs on China. Prices on many imports from China were scheduled to rise at the end of this month but we’re postponed till December.
Just in case you may have thought that the robberies were responsible for the price hike.
And how did they steal so many phones? In the store they are chained down or locked away. These stupid thieves must think they are going to get away with this crime.
Walnut Creek is the new Concord.
That is too funny. You will really upset a lot of WC people with that comment. Let’s put a more positive spin on it: WC leaders are working hard to make the city multi-cultural friendly and to welcome the homeless with overnight parking. I understand the overnight parking at St. John Vianney will be valet however.
hey 4th gen
you conveniently forgot about prop 13 …..that started the schools downfall since what 40% of funding disappeared …..because people without kids were pissed off they had to pay for schools …wonder how those neighborhoods are now ….and how those children are ….after being de funded
now they are defunded in favor of illegals ….
also so who says young people cant afford homes …I beg to differ and am sure many can contest that lots of young people have bought homes ….
wow
you also went on about how cost of living goes up and pay does not
here we go …..if your means can not be met by your current job then grow some and get a new job …there are single women with no baby daddy and kids… these women work 2 jobs an do schooling and become professionals and yes buy homes
you must be in favor of getting a high wage for pizza delivery so you can buy a home right ….or fast food work so you can keep up with cost of living
lol
apparently you forgot over 4 generations that this is the country of opportunity …you have the same opportunity to further yourself just like everyone else ….or are you pro socialism and everyone makes nothing and lives in huge high-rise apartments furnished by the gov ….seriously
I am only pointing out the huge problems …and yet most only react with a dem agenda line or poor me or why do they get more …rhetoric ….
buckle up because if your miffed now the future is going to finish you.
see dems are reactive ……and hard working people are proactive
simplify it for you
dem= hey i want more so the gov needs to force businesses to give me more money ….oops now I only work part time
hard working folks = hey I want more …so I will use programs or save up to get some schooling or special skills so I can make more money …oops now I have what I want ….
stop making excuses for everyone….so many oh the poor bums ….hey guess what bums have always been around its just fancy to care now but not do anything still ( hey if everyone who wants to help bums went out and made or bought bread or muffins and fed every last bum on the street …would that do it …would that get them off the street or how about your beloved dem gov giving bums 30,000 dollars each to support themselves …would that work
…but the same instance is yes there are some a small portion fairing bad times …we have hundreds of services and programs and have had them for years ….we even have fake bums working the freeway exits ….
why so many bums
why ? could it be bad schooling and passing failing students with the no child left behind …yeah just move them up and put them on the streets
you voted for that
why ? could it be that politicians sanctuary policies have driven them here
why ? because oh maybe they don’t want anything to do with society or their rules
why ? because all they want is drugs and booze
why? because the poor police who cant do their jobs because they are at the bottom and have to do what the city councils and fake mayors say
why? because the politicians and city councils got tired of having people complain about the bums and theft so they legalized theft and embraced bummage city wide ..you voted for that as well lol ….
people went crazy and ended plastic straws …yet a gov taking millions from school funding to directly support illegals and not a whisper …..
the loudest sound ever recorded was from a star billions of miles away
that took 100,000 years for us to hear
The Truth THANK YOU
” … prop 13 …..that started the schools downfall since what 40% of funding disappeared …..because people without kids were pissed off they had to pay for schools …”
Not exactly. Proposition 13 introduced standards of practice for the collection of property taxes that did not previously exist. For one, it set a limit on how much they could be raised yearly.. It stemmed abuses by property tax collectors throughout the state who had shown favoritism in determining assessed valuation for their friends. Further, at the time, taxes collected locally might not find their way to local needs. It had far more beneficial effects for all California property owners that merely protecting the elderly from catastrophic increases which were common at the time. It was also felt that it limited the rampant growth which was overtaking the state. It stands today as the keystone of protection for the rights of property owners against the abuses of government.
Predictable virtue signaling by Concord Ygnacio at every opportunity. To summarize:
– Homeless people are an under appreciated asset to the community and if you don’t like them you are a terrible person.
– Criminals are all locals who are trying to turn their lives around.
– Police are racists and murderers
– Mark DeSaulnier is amazing and has really improved our lives
– Anyone who doesn’t vote progressive is a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobic, xenophobic nutter
– Guns are evil and could like totally be confiscated and no one would ever be murdered again
– Abortion is good
– Orange Man bad
– The electoral college should be abolished because Hillary didn’t win.
Did I miss anything? 🙄
I once owned a bike store in walnut creek by bart in 1997 next to the climbing store. One time some fine young youths from pittsburg rode bart to WC so that they could do some summer shopping in town. Which included grabbing as much as they could carry as they ran out the door. Unfortunately they were unaware that the stealing from us was unacceptable. So we chased them down and kindly restrained them in the BART parking lot with my knee on their neck until the WC PD could arrive. Upon arrival i was informed by WC PD “what do you want us to do?” uuummm, i would like to press charges of theft. Well, since you got your stuff back, we are going to let them go? No, we chased them down and held them for you to enforce the laws of the state… Now it looks like their kids come to town to shop. What a GREAT PLACE.
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