An unknown number of burglars drove a red Honda Civic into the front window of The Gateway (Salt Lake City) retail store early this morning, and made off with $20,000 of computers, iPods and other merchandise. Police say the attack occurred at 4:30 a.m. and there may be surveillance video of the suspects. The store is on the inside of the mall complex, but a narrow public street allows vehicle access. The burglars maneuvered along the street, turned past the Z Gallerie store, and sped between a flower bed and metal benches, missing a nearby water pond. There’s no information if the vehicle had been stolen. It will reportedly take up to three months to replace the front glass panels.
Thanks to Andrew for the photos.
The burglars' car smashed into the left side of the store, breaking out the large glass panels
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How long before we get any pictures of the front of the store which I suspect is still open? Anyone from the Salt Lake area willing to travel?
-Brian
Here is a news story from the local TV news, which includes a photo.
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/iRob-Thieves-smash-into-Apple-store-with-car-grab/PHpBYF_APkqoFOcNFQIFvQ.cspx
-Jeff
I live here at the Gateway but have been in Park City covering Sundance all week. I’ll send a pic as soon as I can get over there.
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately there’s nothing Apple will do to prevent these. Apple doesn’t like obvious security measures (kensington locks, boxes around software, etc) and they loath any impediments in making their stores look the best they can. Look at San Francisco, they moved a billboard to the next storefront so it wasn’t blocking there’s so there is no way Apple will start adding concrete pillars to keep these smash and grabs from happening again. They’ve already happened before with a wrench and I think again with a brick, so unless Apple wants to invest infinitely more than the insurance on this theft is to add bulletproof laminated glass, then all they can do is sit back and wait for the next window smash.
-Brian
Pic of the front of the (still open) store on Monday, January 26. There is black painted sheetrock covering the entire left side of the store where that window usually is, with black stanchions lined up along the outside. The store is operating as usual and the doors, right window and everything else appear to be intact.