Video: Burglar drives his SUV through an Apple Store window

• Steve Jobs' Palo Alto house burglarized -- by accident

  Suspect charged with stealing 60,000 worth of "computers and personal items"

  FORTUNE -- Beyond his name (Kariem McFarlin), age (35) and hometown (Alameda, Calif.) Santa Clara county officials aren't saying much about the man they arrested for allegedly burglarizing Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home last month.

  But they do believe that he hit the house -- currently under renovation and surrounded by a temporary construction barrier -- by accident. "The best we MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 14, 2012 12:11 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Crime, Steve Jobs

• Shootout at the Otay Ranch

  A gun battle in a California Apple Store leaves one suspect dead -- a first for Apple

  At 6:45 a.m. Monday, according to police, two armed men smashed the glass door of the Otay Ranch Apple Store in Chula Vista, Calif., and came upon the store manager and a security guard. One of the suspects pulled out a pistol and began shooting. The guard, who was armed, returned fire.

  In the ensuing MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 7, 2011 2:42 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, AppleStore, Chula Vista California, Crime, iPhone, Mobile, Retail, San Diego, Security guard, Tablets

• Fake iPhones, iPods seized in L.A.

  Some of the bogus Apple (AAPL) hardware recovered by Los Angeles Port Police. Estimated street value: $10 million.

  "This was a well-funded operation, and the counterfeits looked very authentic," chief Ron Boyd told the L.A. Times.  Buyers might not have discovered they'd been bilked, he said, until they got home and tried to hook the devices up with iTunes.

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  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 8, 2011 6:06 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Counterfeit, Crime, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Los Angeles, Mobile

• Fighting bad guys with good tech

  As more crimes are committed online, or with the help of online data, police departments are banding together to share tech tips and catch wrongdoing wherever it occurs.

  There are times when the invasion of privacy is a good thing -- like when you're fighting bad guys. After all, criminals have also benefited from all of those new technologies that we enjoy, using digital tools for everything from defrauding credit cards MORE

  Jessi Hempel, writer - Dec 16, 2010 10:39 AM ET
  Posted in: Crime, Law enforcement in Westchester County, Police, Search warrant, Sergeant, Westchester County, Westchester County Department of Public Safety, Westchester County New York

• Holiday crime spree targets Apple

  Since late November, retail stores in four states have been hit by nighttime burglaries

  Apple (AAPL) doesn't like to talk about it, but its products have become a favorite target of robbers, pickpockets and burglars. According a reporter who covers the New York City Police Department, iPods and iPhones regularly top the list of items lifted from Big Apple subway passengers.

  And now, as Christmas approaches, Apple Stores across the U.S. have MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 16, 2010 8:36 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Burglary, Crime, iPhone, iPod, New York City Police Department, Retail

• Smash n' Grab: 23 MacBooks, 14 iPhones, 9 iPod touches, 31 seconds

  One of the hottest videos on the Web today is the surveillance tape of a burglary in progress at the Sagemore Apple Store in Marlton, N.J, 12 miles from Camden.

  It shows five perps in masks smashing the plate-glass doors, signaling to the security guard that they had a gun, and clearing off the display tables with the efficiency of a Indy 500 pit crew.

  The take: 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 3, 2009 9:22 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Apple Store, Burglary, Crime, Sagemore