An employee disappearing with a MacBook, a man convicted of tracking a woman with an AirTag, and a woman who used an AirTag to track her husband in ICE custody, all in this week’s Apple Crime Blotter.
The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
Arrested NFL star accused of biting iPhone
Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper was arrested on domestic violence charges in early June, following a confrontation with his girlfriend, who was arrested as well. And according to the police report, Cooper did something previously unheard of in this column: He bit the woman’s iPhone.
According to Fox News, the argument involved two different phones. The report stated that the two people were arguing about Cooper’s alleged infidelity when the woman grabbed Cooper’s phone, threw it against a wall, and then “eventually regained control of the device to go through it.”
After a further confrontation, per the report, Cooper threatened to break her cell phone. After that, “he bit down and broke the screen on the iPhone.” Per TMZ, Cooper has admitted to breaking the iPhone 17.
Both were arrested on suspicion of two counts of domestic violence and one count of criminal mischief. Cooper later entered a not-guilty plea. And then, on June 11, Cooper was arrested again, this time for violating a protection order, per ESPN.
New employee stole MacBook and then disappeared, Uber recruiter claims in viral post
In a viral LinkedIn post that’s since been deleted, a top recruiter for Uber in India claimed that a “new employee” ghosted the company on what was to be his first day. But not before making off with a work-issued MacBook.
Mint’s story about the post said a candidate for a role with the company successfully completed the company’s recruitment process. The company then sent a work MacBook to the designated address.
However, the “employee” then failed to appear for work. The new hire’s LinkedIn profile also disappeared, along with all traces of his existence.
The delivery address for the MacBook was described as “a vacant plot. Behind an abandoned building.”
When the company tried to track the device, it claimed “our IT team pinged the laptop remotely. Factory reset. Encrypted proxy. Pinging from coordinates that should not exist on this planet.”
The recruiter concluded that he will now add “confirm candidate physically exists” to his onboarding checklist.
Man in Florida convicted of AirTag tracking
A man arrested in 2025 for illegally tracking a woman’s car with an AirTag has been convicted.
According to The Miami Herald, Steven Colon Sr., a 57-year-old man from Sarasota, Fla., was arrested after the AirTag was discovered “stuffed in between the plastic covering in the wheel well” in the woman’s car. Police subpoenaed Apple records to determine that the AirTag was registered to Colon.
Per the report, the woman had told Bradenton Police that she believed that the AirTag had been placed there as “retaliation” for a 2022 shooting. Colon’s son was shot and killed by a member of the woman’s family, although that case was ruled as self-defense.
Woman uses AirTag to track husband in ICE custody
In a very different AirTag story, a Texas woman told Newsweek that she placed an AirTag in her husband’s clothing. All in order to track his movements through the immigration system after he was detained by ICE in late 2025.
The couple had gone to a mandatory immigration check-in when the husband was detained. The outlet followed data showing the different places the AirTag had moved between facilities.
He ultimately chose to leave the country.
Arrest made in Milwaukee theft in which car was crushed
We told you in May about a case in Milwaukee in which a couple’s car was stolen. They followed a Find My iPhone signal to track AirPods that had been left in it, and eventually found the car “already crushed” in a scrapyard.
Now, per TMJ 4, an arrest has been made. A 30-year-old tow truck driver has been charged with “felony theft of movable property,” as part of a scam in which he was paid off to have the car destroyed.
The victim told the news station that the car would likely not have been found if not for the AirPods left in it.
NBA reporter loses AirPods case after Secret Service stop
On June 8, hours before President Donald Trump attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals at New York’s Madison Square Garden, ESPN reporter Shams Charania said he had lost his AirPods case after being stopped by the Secret Service outside the arena.
In an appearance on the network that afternoon, Charania said that he had been stopped by the Secret Service because “my AirPod fell,” was told to get out of the way, and that he “now has to look for my AirPod case.”
Stolen iPad recovered after confrontation
A caller to the police in Los Gatos, Calif. reported that a business iPad had been stolen from a restaurant.
According to a crime blotter published by the East Bay Times, the victim followed a Find My iPhone signal, confronted the suspects, and recovered the iPad.
Suspects sought in theft of two iPhones from Verizon Store
A pair of iPhone 17 Pro Max models were stolen from a Verizon Store in Midland, Tex., in early May. Two suspects are being sought by Midland Crime Stoppers, a man and a woman.
First Alert 7 explains that one of the two suspects used a fake ID while speaking with a store clerk. In addition, the duo is “believed to have committed similar thefts at multiple stores in Odessa in the days prior.”
Aide accused of stealing iPhone, other tech from Indian politician
An aide to a member of the Legislative Assembly in India has been booked on charges that he stole items, including an iPhone 17.
The Times of India reports the accused perpetrator is “a youth associated with social media work.” He had requested an iPhone 17 and computers and was allowed to stay in a residential complex. He disappeared one night, and the iPhone and two computers were missing.
CCTV footage later showed the staffer and other youths “loading items from the room into the car before fleeing toward Burlington Crossing.”
Stephan is the sports journalist for the Maple Grove Report.
