Apple Crime Log: Backseat Bandits, Bold Carjackers, and a Brazen AirTag Scandal
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It’s once again time to take a deep dive into the latest Apple-related crime stories. In this edition, a Facebook Marketplace sale goes wrong, scummy types steal an iPad from a museum donation box, and a mayor gets caught tracking a councilwoman with an AirTag.
Facebook Marketplace iPhone Sale Leads to Armed Robbery by Florida Man
A Facebook Marketplace meetup between two men in Doral, Florida, to sell an iPhone led to an armed robbery and kidnapping — and, thankfully, an arrest.
WSVN reports the two men planned to meet on September 28 for the iPhone transaction, which was completed to the satisfaction of both parties.
However, the buyer reached out to the victim again on October 9 to say he had additional iPhones to sell. When they met up, the victim got into a white BMW and another man suddenly popped up in the back seat, pointed a gun at his head, and demanded money.
“We want everything you have; we want your money; we want your business,” the armed suspect said in Spanish, according to the arrest report. The car drove away with the victim inside, traveling toward Northwest 87th Avenue and Northwest 58th Street.
“We can negotiate something, please don’t hurt me,” pled the victim, according to the report.
During the ensuing drive, the victim attempted twice to escape, with the second attempt proving successful. The victim threw approximately $4,000 in cash into nearby bushes while escaping. After making his escape, he received a threatening text message.
Detectives identified the person who arranged the meetup as Nunez-Martinez through a phone number used to arrange the transactions and vehicle registration records. On Sunday, October 11, Doral Police detectives located him during a surveillance operation.
He was later arrested and charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, grand theft, and tampering with a witness or victim. Nunez-Martinez is being held on no bond. The report doesn’t identify the accomplice or say whether they’ve been arrested.
Scum Steals Donation Box Containing iPad from Museum
Bad actors stole a donation box containing more than $1,000 and an iPad from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vermont, the museum said in a statement on October 12.
Employees discovered the theft the morning of Sunday, October 11, as the museum was opening for a special day commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Valcour Bay. Luckily, no one was hurt. An active investigation into the robbery is being conducted by the Vermont State Police, who are encouraging individuals with information to contact them.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is free for all visitors, meaning it relies on community support, museum membership, and donations from individuals to make free admission possible. The donations in the box were all contributions from museum visitors.
“This hurts the Museum, our community, and our staff,” said Chris Sabick, executive director of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. “That box contained donations from neighbors, friends, and visitors who chose to give their money to support the Museum. It’s truly demoralizing to think that someone would take that. We’re grateful to our community for their support through this and our team is committed to keeping the doors open for all for our final week of the 2026 season. Please come visit us, connect with us, and celebrate what makes this community and Museum special.”
At the time of this writing, no suspects have been identified.
iPhone Leads Cops to Baltimore Carjackings Suspect
The Baltimore Police Department has arrested a 23-year-old man who they say was responsible for a series of carjackings of rideshare drivers in September.
Fox Baltimore reports that the man would lure drivers to locations, get in the cars, and then take the vehicles at gunpoint.
The man scheduled the rides using internet-based phone numbers and was caught when “account, IP address and Apple records” all pointed to his iPhone. A surveillance video also showed him holding an iPhone.
The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Caron Davis, faces several charges, including carjacking, first-degree assault, and use of a firearm in a violent crime in separate incidents that occurred during a one-week period from September 19 through 22 in the 1500 block of Montpelier Street, the 2600 block of Tyler Street, and the 2800 block of Waldorf Avenue, police said.
Hidden AirTag Used to Track Vehicle of Arkansas Councilwoman
Councilwoman Emilee Reach of Lowell, Arkansas, discovered an AirTag attached to her vehicle in June following a disagreement involving the city’s mayor, Chris Moore.
The Northwest Arkansas Gazette reports Councilwoman Reach obtained the last four digits of the phone number attached to the same Apple Account as the AirTag. She claims those numbers match a number belonging to Mayor Moore, against whom she had earlier filed an ethics complaint.
Reach claimed in a Facebook post (now removed) that she has had to move her family out of their home, which is “approximately 600 feet” from where the mayor lives.
Moore has denied any connection to the AirTag, stating that “I have never placed an AirTag on anyone’s car and certainly did not place an AirTag on Council Member Reach’s car.”
In related news, Mayor Moore lost his bid to retain his office on November 3 by a count of nearly two votes to one.
Moore’s opponent, Bill Adams II, received 2,228 votes (65.4% of the vote), while the incumbent Moore received only 1,181 votes (34.6%).
Mayoral races in Arkansas are nonpartisan, meaning candidates do not appear on the ballot with a party affiliation. Moore was first elected as Lowell’s mayor in 2018.
Find My Leads to AirPods Stolen from College Football Team’s Locker Room
An 18-year-old male has been charged with stealing property from the Drake University football players’ locker room after one of the victims used Apple’s Find My app to track his stolen AirPods to the suspect’s house.
Following a Bulldogs victory over Dayton for their second straight win, eight players returned to their locker room to find several personal items missing, including “wallets, credit & debit cards, AirPods, headphones, and identification cards,” according to KCCI 8.
One player used Apple’s Find My service to locate his missing AirPods at a home in the 1400 block of 34th Street and contacted police, who obtained a search warrant for the home. There, they found Jeziah Calhoun, 18, who admitted to the theft.
Authorities say Calhoun then retrieved “numerous items of stolen property and surrendered them to officers.” He also admitted to discarding some of the victims’ ID cards and other items.
Calhoun has been charged with second-degree theft and two counts of unauthorized use of a credit card, as he allegedly used the stolen credit cards to make several purchases.
