Overview
- Federal agents and prosecutors arrested Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, Michael Mejia-Nunez, and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla on Thursday, charging them in the Eastern District of New York with Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy.
- Investigators say three masked gunmen hijacked an Apple delivery at the Americana Manhasset mall on Jan. 5, forced two workers at gunpoint into the truck, zip-tied them, and left them locked inside until one broke free and called 911.
- Prosecutors value the haul at more than $1.2 million in Apple products, including hundreds of MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and accessories.
- The case traces the goods through a Home Depot rental truck found abandoned in the Bronx two days later to a New Jersey storage unit, with surveillance footage and rental records linking suspects to transfers into a U-Haul and another vehicle.
- Prosecutors moved to detain the defendants before trial, citing alleged undocumented status and flight risk, and note the Hobbs Act covers robberies that affect interstate commerce and can carry sentences of up to 30 years if convicted.