Crime blotter: Best Buy lines and Porsche tracking

This week's Apple-related crime blotter includes several notable incidents. A West Hollywood Best Buy customer waited over two days in line for a Pokemon card release before having his iPhone 17 Plus stolen. Police were able to track the phone and return it to its owner. In Carson City, Nevada, a 43-year-old man stole 30 iPads, valued at $12,000, from a company he had recently been fired from.

Surveillance video helped identify the thief, who had been fired for missing work the previous two days. An elderly Connecticut woman fell victim to an identity theft scam, losing nearly $28,000 after an iPhone was left in a Porsche. The scammer was arrested when a witness provided the Porsche's license plate number. An 80-year-old woman in Connecticut was also scammed out of $27,975 through a fake Apple Security alert, which led to her arrest.

In Englewood, New Jersey, police caught a man who was using AirPods to track a stolen car. He was charged with multiple offenses, including burglary and possession of burglary tools. A 42-year-old man impersonated a Walmart employee to steal from the store, but was eventually caught when police tracked a pair of AirPods to his vehicle.

A 19-year-old North Carolina man was charged with multiple felonies after stealing an iPad Pro, AirPods, a wallet, a purse, and medication from a victim's vehicle. Police were able to locate the man through the AirPods' signal. Finally, a man in Georgia was arrested for attempting to pawn a plastic object resembling an iPhone at a pawn shop, part of a larger scheme to produce and distribute imitation mobile phones.