Alleged thief Tyler Mims steals iPhones in California Apple store robbery.
UPDATE: Suspect arrested.
Video shows a person dressed in black allegedly grabbing multiple iPhones from an Apple store in Emeryville, Calif. before walking past a police car parked near the entrance. There was no officer in the patrol car.
Emeryville Police Department Press Release
On Monday, February 5th, 2024, at approx. 10:27 a.m. the Emeryville Police Department Dispatch Center received a call of a theft in progress at the Emeryville, Apple Store. Police officers responded. As the caller provided the information to dispatch the suspect fled in a vehicle with 50 iPhones, valued at $49,230.
On February 6th, 2024, a video recorded by a person depicting the theft was posted on social media. In the video, a marked Emeryville Police Department patrol vehicle was seen in the background as the suspect walked out of the Apple Store. At the time of the theft, there were no Emeryville Police Officers in the area and the police vehicle was not occupied.
Since January 19th, 2024, the Emeryville Police Department has had four reported grand thefts from the Apple Store in Emeryville. After the first theft, detectives immediately began working with other law enforcement agencies impacted by these retail thefts and identified the thefts as organized retail crimes.
On Wednesday, February 7th, 2024, a joint collaborative law enforcement effort consisting of Berkeley PD, CHP, and Emeryville Police detectives resulted in the arrest of three individuals associated with the theft from the Apple Store in Berkeley, which occurred earlier that morning.
The individual depicted in the video from the Emeryville Apple Store was one of the individuals arrested last night.
Detectives from the Emeryville Police Department arrested Tyler Mims, a 22-year-old Berkeley resident. Mims was arrested for his involvement in several of the prior Apple Store thefts. He was booked into jail on (3) counts of 182PC (Conspiracy to commit a crime), (3) counts of 459PC (Burglary), (3) counts of 487PC (Grand Theft), and (3) counts of 490.4PC (Organized retail theft).
This is an active investigation and anyone with information regarding thefts associated with the Apple Store in Emeryville is asked to contact the Emeryville Police Department Investigations Unit at (510) 596-3700 or e-mail at investigations@emeryville.org