Crime & Safety

Suspect Allegedly Flashes Fake ID To Steal Laptop From Glendale Apple Store

"I'm out, I think, $3600," Markowitz said. "I have not heard back from Apple yet. I know it was Thanksgiving."

(KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles)

December 3, 2024

A North Hollywood man claims his laptop was stolen from a Glendale Apple store after someone flashed a fake ID.

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"This feels awfully fishy," resident Rick Markowitz said.

Markowitz says he is the latest Apple customer to have his new computer stolen by an impersonator. However, his story differs from the other victims in Irvine and Lawndale because he had his MacBook delivered to the store at the Glendale Galleria rather than his front porch.

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