Three men charged in armed hijacking of truck carrying $1.2 million in Apple gear

Source: 9to5Mac

Federal prosecutors this week indicted three men after a delivery truck with more than $1 million of Apple products was hijacked earlier this year.

In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York says that three men—Alan Christhofer Cedeno‑Ferrer, Michael Mejia‑Nunez, and Ennait Alexis Sirett‑Padilla—hijacked a delivery truck parked outside the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset mall in New York. The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m. on January 3, 2026.

Hijacking

Two workers inside the truck were preparing to deliver $1.2 million worth of MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and other Apple products to the store that morning.

Three men approached the delivery workers armed with handguns, forced one worker into the back of the delivery truck and zip‑tied his hands, and ordered the other victim into the driver’s seat to drive the truck. The driver was directed to a secluded parking area behind an office building on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset, New York, and was then ordered into the back of the truck with the first victim, where his hands were also zip‑tied.

A Home Depot box truck, rented by Cedeno‑Ferrer using a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license, pulled into the parking area and backed up to the rear of the delivery truck so the cargo sections aligned. The men moved all of the Apple merchandise from the delivery truck to the Home Depot truck, closed the cargo door of the delivery truck with the victims inside, and left the location. One of the victims managed to free himself and call 911.

Aftermath

The stolen Apple gear was taken to a self‑storage facility in Paterson, New Jersey. Sirett‑Padilla rented a storage unit under his own name, which was used to facilitate transferring the stolen Apple goods from the Home Depot truck to a U‑Haul truck and another vehicle driven by a co‑conspirator.

The Home Depot truck was abandoned in the Bronx and located two days later by law enforcement.

“Cedeno‑Ferrer’s fingerprints were found on a copy of the rental agreement that was recovered from inside the Home Depot truck,” according to the prosecutors. Additionally, Cedeno‑Ferrer is said to have activated two of the stolen Apple Watches several days after the heist.

Legal consequences

If convicted of the charges, the three men face up to 30 years in prison.