![]() ![]() The most brazen of those crimes took place in December 2010, when a team of hooded bandits smashed through the store's front door during the night, heisting thousands of dollars in electronics equipment.Ī spokesman at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., had no comment Monday about the tide of incidents at the store or the national retailer's controversial plan to beef up security there.Īpple recently commissioned a Boston-based contractor to come up with a design for an additional security barrier that could be used after-hours inside the store's inviting front windows.īut the prevailing sentiment in town is that the fence-like theft deterrent, which would be nearly as unprecedented as traffic lights or neon lights on Greenwich's equivalent of Rodeo Drive, would send a bad message to shoppers and prospective retailers. ![]() Police dispatch logs show there have been four larcenies and one major burglary at the store over that time, not including about two dozen calls for mainly false alarms. Since opening to much fanfare in November 2009, thieves have made the 356 Greenwich Ave. ![]() "Obviously, it seems to be a disturbing pattern that's happening at Apple stores in the area," Marino said. ![]()
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