Federal prosecutors this week charged three men after a delivery truck carrying more than $1 million in Apple products was hijacked earlier this year.
in a Press releaseThe U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York says 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 shopping center in New York. The situation took place at approximately 8:00 a.m. on January 3, 2026.
Two workers inside the truck were preparing to deliver $1.2 million worth of MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and more to the store that morning.
Three men approached the delivery drivers armed with guns, forced one of them into the back of the delivery truck and tied his hands. They ordered the other victim to sit in the driver’s seat to drive the truck. The victim driver was directed to a secluded parking area behind an office building located on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset, New York, and then ordered into the back of the truck with the first victim, where his hands were also tied.
A Home Depot truck, rented by Cedeño-Ferrer with a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license, stopped in the parking area and backed up to the back of the delivery truck so the loading sections were aligned. The men moved all of the Apple merchandise from the delivery truck to the Home Depot truck. Once finished, they closed the loading door of the delivery truck with the victims inside and left the scene. One of the victims was able to free himself and call 911.
The stolen Apple equipment was then taken to a storage facility in Paterson, New Jersey. Sirett-Padilla rented a storage unit in his own name, which was used to “facilitate the transfer of the stolen Apple products from the Home Depot truck to a U-Haul truck and another vehicle driven by an accomplice.”
The Home Depot truck was abandoned in the Bronx and police located it two days later.
“Cedeño-Ferrer’s fingerprints were found on a copy of the rental agreement that was recovered from inside the Home Depot truck,” according to prosecutors. Additionally, Cedeño-Ferrer is said to have activated two of the stolen Apple Watches several days after the robbery.
If the three men are convicted of these charges, they face up to 30 years in prison.
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