Police searching for four suspects seen on surveillance footage robbing Apple store of up to $30,000

Police hunt four suspects who brazenly steal $30,000 from California Apple store in SECONDS before escaping in SUV

  • In the brief clip of the Saturday incident, four suspects make a dash for a Walnut Creek store and quickly grab $30,000 in merchandise
  • The group scrambles in hopes that they won’t be caught in the fairly new store and make their rounds in under 20 seconds
  • Suspects jump into a black Mercedes SUV driven by an accomplice and flee the scene
  • But police have secured the SUV’s license plate and have identified a person of interest 
  • According to police, the previous Walnut Creek Apple store was robbed 27 times in the past two years

Police are looking for at least four suspects who were seen on surveillance footage robbing a new California Apple store of thousands in iPhones and Mac computers. 

In the brief clip of the Saturday incident, what appears to be four suspects make a dash for a Walnut Creek store and quickly grab $30,000 in merchandise.

As bystanders stare in amazement, the group scrambles in hopes that they won’t be caught and make their rounds in under 20 seconds. 

In the brief clip of the Saturday incident, four suspects make a dash for a Walnut Creek store and quickly grab $30,000 in merchandise

The group scrambles in hopes that they won't be caught in the fairly new store and make their rounds in under 20 seconds

The group scrambles in hopes that they won’t be caught in the fairly new store and make their rounds in under 20 seconds

The four exit the store and are then reported to have fled the scene in a black SUV, which a witness was able to capture leaving the scene, according toKRON 4.   

The store – located on Broadway – is still tallying the total of all the items stolen but claims that the price tag is well within the thousands.

Police were able to obtain the license plates of the black Mercedes SUV. 

‘We were lucky enough to have a citizen who saw the vehicle and copy down the license plate of the vehicle hopefully to identify the suspects in this case,’ said Lt. Tom Cashion. 

Police have identified the license plates number seen on the black Mercedes SUV that the group used to get away

Police have identified the license plates number seen on the black Mercedes SUV that the group used to get away

Police have identified the license plates number seen on the black Mercedes SUV that the group used to get away

The Walnut Creek Police Department is working with the Oakland police in hopes of apprehending the suspects. 

Police have identified a person of interest, however, KTVU reports. 

‘That’s what our investigators are working on right now, that this person was involved in this. And we have to go through photo lineups. H Have witnesses try to identify,’ Cashion added. 

They have identified the suspects as being in their mid 20’s. All were wearing hoodies. 

According to police, the previous Walnut Creek Apple store was robbed 27 times in the past two years. 

According to police, the previous Walnut Creek Apple store was robbed 27 times in the past two years. The new one had just opened in the last month

According to police, the previous Walnut Creek Apple store was robbed 27 times in the past two years. The new one had just opened in the last month

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