Three people were arrested Thursday in the January armed hijacking.
MANHASSET, Long Island -- Three people were arrested Thursday in New York City in the January armed hijacking of a truck making a delivery at the Apple store in the Americana shopping center in Manhasset.
The delivery truck was filled with Apple merchandise valued at more than $1 million. The stolen goods included hundreds of devices and other accessories, including MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches, federal prosecutors said. Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla are accused of hijacking the truck and forcing the delivery workers to drive to a secluded location where they made off with more than $1.2 million worth of Apple products.
Victims were preparing to unload the merchandise when a black Honda Accord pulled up to the delivery truck. Three masked men, armed with handguns, got out of the car and approached the victims, according to court records. They forced one victim into the back of the truck and zip-tied his hands. A second victim was ordered at gunpoint, into the driver's seat to drive the truck.
He was directed to a secluded parking area behind an office building less than a half mile away and then ordered into the back of the delivery truck with the first victim, where his hands were also zip-tied, according to prosecutors. The Accord and the delivery truck were followed to the location by a Home Depot box truck, authorities said.
As captured by surveillance cameras, the Home Depot truck backed up to the rear of the delivery truck, so the cargo sections were aligned, according to prosecutors. The Apple merchandise was then moved from the delivery truck to the Home Depot truck. Once they finished, they closed the cargo door to the delivery truck with the victims inside and left the location. One of the victims was able to free himself and call 911, according to prosecutors.
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