A California man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with a theft from an Apple Store in Berkeley, where he was allegedly seen on video grabbing a display device before walking past a police vehicle and walking into a getaway car.
Emeryville Police Department detectives arrested 22-year-old Tyler Mims of Berkeley for his involvement in the burglary, and charged him with burglary, grand theft and other crimes.
On Monday, officers with the department were dispatched to the scene after a caller reported the crime and said the suspect got away with 50 iPhones, with a total value of $49,230.
A masked man, later identified as Mims, was dressed in all black and was seen on video going from table to table at about 10:30 a.m. on February 5, 2024, ripping phones from their displays and putting them in his pockets.
During the nearly 45-second video, the thief took dozens of phones, which cost hundreds of dollars each. Witnesses stood by and watched, and the person recording the video followed closely behind the individual as he exited the store and careened into a police cruiser before getting into a black Hyundai.
The video went viral on social media the next day.
Since Jan. 19, the department has responded to four major thefts from Apple Stores in the city.
After the first incident, detectives began working with nearby agencies on similar thefts, identifying the theft as an organized retail crime.
The masked man goes from table to table, ripping products from their displays. @bustdowncorn/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX
The department announced Thursday that on Wednesday night, joint cooperation between its detectives and the Berkeley Police Department and the California Highway Patrol resulted in three arrests linked to the theft at the Apple Store in Berkeley that occurred earlier that morning.
Mims was one of the individuals arrested, police said, and is the person pictured in the video from the Emeryville Apple Store.
Mims was jailed and charged with three counts each of conspiracy to commit a crime, burglary, grand theft and organized retail theft.
Mims was one of three people arrested after a joint investigation between detectives, the Berkeley Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol. @bustdowncorn/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX The thief made off with $49,230 worth of Apple products. @bustdowncorn/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX
The video had more than 10 million views on TikTok and X, in total, as of Thursday morning.
According to E’Ville Eye, the Apple Store in the video was closed for several months last year but reopened in January.
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