15 August 2012

His wallet?

The Associated Press has an article out of Palo Alto, California (Rico's old hometown):
The burglar who broke into Steve Jobs’ house made off with the Apple Inc. co-founder’s wallet with a dollar inside and his driver’s license, in addition to Apple gadgets and jewelry, according to a police report
The details of the 17 July theft, and the suspect’s alleged confession, were reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
The suspect, Kariem McFarlin, 35, targeted the unoccupied Palo Alto home because it was under renovation, authorities said. When construction crews left, he hopped a fence and found a spare key, according to the report. McFarlin apparently realized he was in Jobs’ house when he saw a letter addressed to him.
Also taken in the fifteen-hour overnight heist were iPhones, iPads, iPods, Macintosh computers, Cristal champagne and sixty thousand dollars worth of Tiffany & Co. jewelry. McFarlin sold the jewelry to a dealer online, and gave the iPads to a daughter and a friend, according to the report.
“There’s certain things you don’t do, and burglary is one of them. But burglarizing an icon like that, that just puts yourself pretty much in the deep hole,” McFarlin’s former boss, Ross Rankin, told the San Jose Mercury News.
McFarlin was arrested at his Alameda home earlier this month after Apple investigators identified him after he connected to the Internet on the stolen devices with his iTunes account, police said. McFarlin acknowledged to police that he broke into other homes, and also wrote an apology letter to Jobs’ widow, according to the police report.
He remains jailed on $500,000 bail and is expected to appear in court soon. He faces almost eight years in prison if convicted. His public defender did not return a call for comment.
Slate has a follow-up article:

A California man is in custody after breaking into the late Steve Jobs' home in Palo Alto, California.
Kariem McFarlin, 35, was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of burglarizing the Apple co-founder's home and selling stolen property from the 17 July break-in, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Tom Flattery told the paper that McFarlin took more than $60,000 worth of "computers and personal items", although he wouldn't say whether the stolen property had belonged to Jobs himself or to another family member. "The best we can tell is it was totally random," Flattery said of the burglary.
The Associated Press notes that Jobs' home was surrounded by a temporary construction barrier during the month of the burglary. McFarlin is in jail on $500,000 bail and faces a maximum sentence of seven years and eight months. He will enter a plea in court on 20 August.

Rico says that's why they call it felony stupid...

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