The last of an occasional AppleInsider series, examining the latest in Apple-related crime.

A 29-year-old California man was arrested and accused of stealing “iPhones worth thousands of dollars” from the front doors of people who ordered them.

According to KTLA, Erick Isami Esquivel, 29, of Tustin, was arrested after police spotted him “acting suspiciously in a neighborhood.” They found several phones, which they suspected were stolen, in the man’s car and 11 other iPhones stolen from his home.

He was charged with grand theft.

Dalin Gonzalez-Marte of Philadelphia was arrested for his role in an attempted armed robbery of an Apple Watch. According to Mid Hudson Newsthe man followed a victim homein Connecticut, while picking up a FedEx package containing the Apple Watch from his parents’ home.

Sheriff Kevin McConvill of the sheriff’s department’s undercover narcotics unit said the suspect made “multiple attempts to stab the victim.”

It’s unclear how the victim avoided the stabbing, but the suspect then fled without the Apple Watch. He was arrested an hour later by New York State Police.

Gonzalez-Marte was arraigned in New York on charges of fleeing. Because he also has a warrant out for his arrest in Connecticut for robbery, larceny and unlawful restraint, he was taken into custody until he can be extradited.

An Alabama man who was accused of hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X/Twitter account to promote a crypto scam allegedly spoofed an iPhone to do so. Eric Council Jr. is also accused of conducting incriminating internet searches the day after the hack.

The conspiracy, according to prosecutors, involved receiving the personal information of a person with access to the SEC account, creating a fake ID for that person and using that ID to obtain an iPhone connected to the telephone number of this manager.

According to Gizmodothat of man search history including “SECGOV hack”, “telegram exchange”, “how do I know for sure if I am under investigation by the FBI” and “What are the signs that you are under investigation from law enforcement or the FBI, even if you have not been contacted by them.”

The man was federally charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and device access fraud.

Conor McDermott, who plays for the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL, had his car broken into near his home, and among the stolen items was his team-issued iPad. The device contained McDermott’s playbook.

CBS Reporter Melanie Collins reported on the theft during a game broadcast, adding that the team was able to remotely wipe the iPad as the playbook fell into the wrong hands.

A similar flight took place in 2018 when a team iPad was stolen from the car of Roquan Smith, who was playing for the Chicago Bears at the time. This was also cleared remotely by the team.

While Microsoft’s Surface is the official tablet that NFL teams use on the sidelines during games, individual teams often provide iPads to their players. And game streamers have often mistakenly called Surface tablets “iPads.”

Two men accused of stealing iPhones from residents’ porches in Georgia have been arrested at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the state. One of the two men was caught on surveillance video wearing a shirt with the unique phrase “God got me.”

According to Fox 5the arrest is seen as a possible “big break” in the spate of porch thefts in the Atlanta area in recent weeks.

In other porch pirate ring news, a man who police say posed as an Amazon driver to track packages and steal them has been arrested. The man specifically targeted iPhones.

According to Fox 2THE the man used a fake Amazon uniform that, ironically, is available for purchase on Amazon.

“He would somehow be informed of where these phones are being delivered to, and then he would show up shortly after where the delivery was made,” said Sgt. Ben Hancock, Troy Police. “He looked exactly like anyone you would see walking up to your porch to deliver your Amazon package.”

The 23-year-old, who was in the United States illegally, now faces deportation.

A woman in Springfield, Missouri, frustrated after the signs on the Harris/Walz lawn were stolen from their lawn several times, placed a tracker on their new sign and managed to catch the people who stole it.

The woman followed the trail to a house and it turned out the signs — and more than 50 others — were on the trunk of a car, according to The Ozarks First.

“There you go, the liberals,” the owner told them as she returned the signs. The video of the confrontation was posted on TikTok:

Ohio man had iPad stolen in August after making arrangements to sell it during an in-person meeting. But in October, it was recovered thanks to the efforts of four law enforcement agencies.

According to Cleveland 19the stolen iPad was put up for sale on Facebook Marketplace. So law enforcement – ​​including Medway DEA, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and police from Doylestown and Norton – joined forces to meet with the seller. This resulted in two arrests, although only one person was charged.