“The Apple Store in Greensboro will be closed all day Friday after a man crashed his car into the store at Friendly Center in an alleged burglary attempt, police said on Friday,” Scott Gustin reports for WGHP.
“Greensboro police received a call around 4:43 a.m. after a dark gray or blue Honda crashed into the store. According to police, the man crashed into the store in a burglary attempt,” Gustin reports. “The suspect was dressed in what a witness told 107.5 KZL resembled a ninja suit, drove through the store’s plate glass windows early Friday then ran away without taking anything.”
Full article, with photos, here.
More info about the store: Apple Retail Store – Friendly Center
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “MJ Miller” and “BertnotBort” for the heads up.]
Apple needs to provide a means to stop a car in its tracks at all their stores. This kind of attack will continue until Apple responds.
Place huge curb-like devices in front of the windows that resemble the dudes on Easter Island!
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The heads should resemble Ballmer’s, with the tongue sticking out.
I’m thinking maybe it was Ballmer in the car, you know a chair wouldn’t be big enough, although not sure they make ninja suits in his size.
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Moron
You mean MORANS!
Apple stores, built strong enough to even thwart a Ninja attack.
Interesting. MDN app comes out first, comments show up there before online as well.
This ruined my shopping plans for today. I was just planning to look and play, but still. Greensboro has plenty of idiots. LOL
How does insurance rates work on a company as popular as Apple where it is constantly dealing with people doing smash and grabs and huge sums of property loss. I mean will Apple ever become a high risk insurer? that requires a higher rate premium for it’s coverage that of course is a business expense passed on to the consumer.
Dressed in a Ninja suit… did he have Ninja Stars? Maybe Steve was checking out security or the new Gorilla Glass!..
It was a Samsung agent seeking a copy of the next iPad and iPhone so they could start copying it sooner.
Apple developers better build an app to stop cars from crashing into stores. I demand it.
Hmmm… Crashing into Apple stores dressed as a ninja… Someone’s been playing a little too much Fruit Ninja on their iPhone!
Sounds like an evil version of the movie character Kick A*s.
They know it was a ninja cuz he couldnt be seen.
So much for the classic, stealthy Ninja attack.
I work for a class 1 raroad and we are self insured for the first 500 million before insurance kicks in so I am sure apple is self insured up to a high amount it is basically catastrophic insurance
I’m sure that if he had been dressed as a pirate, then he would have been successful.
Another example of windows’ vulnerability to attack.
Ha!
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
– Hunter S. Thompson
My solution in two words: Honey Badger.
lol! I was JUST there this weekend 😀
Easy solve: All Apple stores should replace their street-level glass with transparent aluminum…
I am sure most people didn’t get the reference on that.
I got it. That’s all that matters.
Okay maybe not transparent, but I can see a Unibody store milled from a single slab of aluminum – replete with employees.
If they had the Zagg screen cover they would have been allright.
Yeah because of the lifetime replacement warranty, right?
That ninja gear only works in the jungle. You stand out like a sore thumb in the city.
That was Steve Jobs!
I guess he was upset he was a week late for Animazement; all dressed up and no place to cosplay…
You had me at “ninja costume.”