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Title: Apple Store thieves attack with bear spray Post by: HCK on March 06, 2013, 07:01:09 am Apple Store thieves attack with bear spray
Vancouver police are investigating a brazen robbery at an Apple Store Monday night in which three male suspects allegedly sprayed 40 people with a chemical mix designed to ward off bears as they swiped an undetermined amount of Apple laptops, iPads and iPods. Apple.comThe Apple Store in Vancouver’s Oakridge Centre According to the National Post in Canada, police are still looking for the suspects, who fled by car and dumped some of the items they swiped before doing so. A handful of the people hit at the Oakridge Mall with the cayenne pepper-based spray were treated by paramedics, according to the National Post. Theft of Apple devices has become a serious concern for device owners and law enforcement. An armed robbery of an Apple Store in Paris on New Year’s Eve involved more than $1 million in stolen goods. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/030513-apple-store-theft-267391.html#tk.rss_all |