Authorities Monday sought the public's help to identify more than 200 used stolen Apple devices and other electronic items recovered by police officers who served a recent search warrant at a storefront in the Westlake area.
The items were discovered Dec. 13 in the 2000 block of West Sixth Street, where officers arrested a woman on suspicion of receiving stolen property "in relation to retail store theft," according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Her name was not immediately available.
KNX News' Emily Valdez spoke to Manny Chavez, an LAPD Captain, about the recovered devices.
Police recovered "laptops, MacBook Pros, and iPhones," he said. Detectives believe the devices came from home burglaries and car break-ins.
Detectives identified an Apple MacBook that was taken in a burglary from motor vehicle near Echo Park in November, police said.
"Also taken in that car theft was $45,000 worth of cameras and camera equipment," police said. "Detectives recovered much of that stolen camera equipment in the store as well. Detectives were able to track down the owner after discovering video in a camera that included an investigative reporter associated with a local news station who was recording an on-scene news report in downtown Los Angeles last month.
"There were eight L.A. Unified School District laptops, one of the laptops was from the L.A. Public Library, and one of them was from the Beverly Hills Unified School District," Chavez said.
Police circulated photos of some of the recovered items, and sought the public's help to identify additional owners of the electronics recovered and determine if they were also the victim of a crime. Police are using serial numbers to verify the owners of the devices.
"Detectives welcome any information about criminal activity related to the theft or sale of these items as well," police said.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call LAPD Rampart Auto Detective B. Gorby at 213-842-0783, or send an email to 36118@lapd.online; or call Burglary Detective M. Pineda at 213-484-3424 or send an email to 36398@lapd.online. Tipsters may also call 877-LAPD-247, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
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