Another iPhone Prototype Lost in a Bar... (Updated)

Leaked iPhone 5 Prototype image from etidbits.com

(UPDATE) on the original post HERE.

Ok, so apparently a few of you liked my first post... Well, put on your seat belts, folks. This is starting to get interresting. 

After we've come to the point where there was ANOTHER lost iPhone, We've talked about the guy who allegedly found it having his house searched by police, and we've spoken on the fact that he allowed it. Since I'm probably not the only person who will find this interresting, the SFPD have now admitted that they have assisted Apple with the search of this poor guy's home, and claim that a police report was not created because APPlE REQUESTED that there not be one. Now, I know that I made the statement that the police assisting with a search doesn't mean that they did something illegal, but in this case, I may have to appologize. Read more after the jump.



The homeowner now states that the Apple security employees "may" have been impersonating police officers in order to gain entry to the home. This would make for a nice federal crime, punishable by fines and a year in prison. If the police participated in this, there's going to be a huge fallout from it. Why would they, you ask? Check this out.

"When they came to my house, they said they were SFPD," Calderón said. "I thought they were SFPD. That's why I let them in." He said he would not have permitted the search if he had been aware the two people conducting it were not actually police officers.

Now, if this wasn't bad enough, the Apple employees not only searched this guy's house while the police stood there and let them. They also had the gall to threaten an American Citizen and his family's immigration status (profiling much?), and when none of these things worked, they tried to buy him off for $300.


It doesn't really help the case that Apple's head security officer was a retired police officer, either. Now, I warn you this LinkedIn profile is no longer up (for obvious reasons) but...

Image courtesy of Digital Trends

Yep, and sadly, this one is one of ours, directly from the Citadel in Charleston SC. 

Now, to make these things all add together, Here's what the police have finally admitted.

San Francisco Police Assist Apple Security with their Lost Property Investigation
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Posted Date: 9/3/2011
After speaking with Apple representatives, we were given information which helped us determine what occurred. It was discovered that Apple employees called Mission Police station directly, wanting assistance in tracking down a lost item. Apple had tracked the lost item to a house located in the 500 block of Anderson Street. Because the address was in the Ingleside Police district Apple employees were referred to Officers in the Ingleside district. Four SFPD Officers accompanied Apple employees to the Anderson street home. The two Apple employees met with the resident and then went into the house to look for the lost item. The Apple employees did not find the lost item and left the house.
The Apple employees did not want to make an official report of the lost item.

Lt. Troy Dangerfield of the police department now says he won’t be investigating the incident in question until he has both sides of the story.

Personally, I say it may be a little late for that.
~Dom

To follow the story between my updates, please check out another story HERE or on the other links listed on my first article.