The mysterious iPhone 5 prototype at the centre of that bizarre is-it-or-isn’t-it police case in San Francisco took another twist this weekend. Mainly, the police are asked for bar security footage even though they admit no crime took place there.
CNET, the news organisation that originally reported a second iPhone prototype had been lost by an Apple employee in a bar, reports today that:
Jose Valle, whose family owns Cava 22, a popular bar-restaurant in the city’s Mission District, told CNET Friday that officers from the San Francisco Police Department visited the bar about a week ago and left a message that they wanted to see his surveillance video from July 21 and 22 as part of their lost iPhone case. Valle said he has the video and has since tried to connect with investigators but that they have yet to follow up.
A police lieutenant named Troy Dangerfield contacted by CNET said he was unaware that investigators from the SFPD had even gone to the bar to ask for the footage, which officially set the head-scratching level for this case at “down to the bone”.
“In order for there to be a crime, you need a victim,” Dangerfield told CNET, before offering up the investigators might have been there as part of an internal review related the department.
Photos, video or even hints about the missing prototype’s whereabouts remain non-existent. [CNET]
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GG
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:55 AMDoes anyone wonder as well why police are going through so much trouble to try and catch someone who allegedly stole a phone? Does anyone else think apple is over doing it a bit in there marketing department? If police would be that active for every other crime,….
Chris
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:45 AMIs anyone surprised ? After all Apple does have the secret service at their beck and call so why is this strange.
The law does not apply to Apple.
Steve
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 5:59 PMHaving corporate thugs chasing after you for taking their prototype and scrubbing security footage is cyberpunk as hell.
How about Apple stop hiring doofuses who take their new phones to bars to show off.
Otacon
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 9:31 PMIf no crime took place, how would the police have the nerve to ask for security footage.
Jack
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 2:03 AMIt leads one to wonder if the people requesting the security footage were actually police. *glances in direction of Apple campus*.