GREENWICH -- While police remain tight-lipped about the Apple Store burglary last week on Greenwich Avenue, former investigators said there are likely ample leads in the case thanks to security features built into the stolen electronic goods.
Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said in the Greenwich scenario, Apple security and police will need to work together to crack the case.
"The manufacturer is the lead player in determining how the technology can be traced," said O'Donnell, a former New York City prosecutor and New York police officer. "The police will play a secondary role. Ultimately, Apple knows better than anybody how to trace their own technology."
Last Tuesday, at least five hooded thieves smashed through a glass front door of the Apple Store at 356 Greenwich Avenue and made off with tens of thousands of dollars of equipment.
The perpetrators left the store in less than a minute, police said, and fled in a car. Detective Timothy Powell, the lead investigator on the case, said Monday the thieves used a rock to break the front door. He declined to release any details about the investigation, particularly about whether police can track the stolen goods using locator chips inside.
O'Donnell said he believed Apple products could be traced much like police can trace cellular technology. But he said Apple has to guard its security measures to stay one step ahead of the criminals.
"Apple is going to be guarded about publicly revealing the methods and modes used to trace their stolen stuff," O'Donnell said.
Tracking the stolen items electronically is only the first step of the investigation, according to attorney Wayne Keeney, who worked as an investigator with the New York Police Department and as a prosecutor in Florida.
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