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Federal prosecutors bust suspects in million-dollar Apple delivery truck heist

Federal prosecutors say three men pulled off a violent hijacking of an Apple delivery truck outside a New York shopping center and escaped with more than a million dollars worth of iPhones, MacBooks, and other products.

Person standing with hands cuffed behind their back, wearing gray pants and a light sweater, emphasizing restraint and arrest contextFederal prosecutors arrested three men accused of carrying out the robbery.

The armed January robbery reportedly netted more than $1.2 million worth of stolen Apple products, including iPhone, MacBooks, iPads, Apple Watch, and accessories. Authorities described the robbery as a coordinated operation where suspects forced delivery workers into a truck at gunpoint before relocating the cargo to another vehicle.

The suspects were identified as Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, Michael Mejia-Nunez, and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla. Delivery workers unloading Apple merchandise outside the shopping center in Manhasset were intercepted by masked men armed with handguns.

A black Honda Accord pulled up beside the truck, and the men approached the victims before forcing them to a nearby location. One worker was restrained with zip ties in the back of the truck during the robbery.

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