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VIDEO: Trio Topples Display Case to Steal iPad and Apple Watch, NYPD Says

By Aidan Gardiner | August 1, 2017 10:57am
 Video shows suspect behind the counter try to pass some merchandise to a third suspect before the clerks intervene and stop him.
Video shows suspect behind the counter try to pass some merchandise to a third suspect before the clerks intervene and stop him.
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BROOKLYN — Three men ran off with iPads and an Apple Watch after tipping over a glass display case of an East New York electronics repair shop, police said Monday night.

One of the suspects tried to distract the two clerks of Computer Smartphone Repair at 937 Pennsylvania Ave., near Wortman Avenue, as another suspect hopped behind the counter about 1 p.m. July 15, according to police

Video shows suspect behind the counter try to pass some merchandise to a third suspect before the clerks intervene and stop him.

Then he and that first suspect yank the glass display case to the ground, reach inside and run off with an two iPads and an Apple Watch, police said.

The suspects, all of whom are between 15 and 21, fled north on Pennsylvania Avenue and weren't immediately arrested, police said.

None had been arrested as of Tuesday morning, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).