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WEBVTT THE GALLERIA TWICE. >> THAT IS SO WEIRD. >> IT IS KIND OF SCARY. >> SHOPPERS IN ROSEVILLE TO FIND OUT THIEVES TARGETED THE APPLE STORE NOT ONCE BUT TWICE IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. >> IT IS CRAZY HOW THEY CAN LET PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THE STORE WITH SO MUCH MONEY AND PHONES AND TECHNOLOGY. >> WHAT THEY DO NOT FIND SURPRISING, THE THIEVES’ STASH. THE SUSPECTS TOOK $20,000 WORTH OF IPHONES AND I MAPS -- IMAX AND ANOTHER AT 11 MONDAY MORNING. >> THEY HAVE A WELL CALCULATED, ORGANIZED. >> THAT MAKES IT FOUR TIMES IN TWO MONTHS THEY HAVE DESCENDED ON THIS APPLE STORE. WE SHOWED YOU THESE IMAGES LAST MONTH. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING. THEY SAY THE BURGLARIES ARE UNIQUE AM A ORGANIZED, AND IN GROUPS. >> THEY COLLECT THE PHONES IN THE SAME FASHION BY CUTTING SECURITY CABLES, GATHER THEM UP AND EXIT THE STORE TO A WAITING VEHICLE OUTSIDE. >> ROSEVILLE IS NOT THE ONLY STORE. LESS WEEK THEY HIT A T-MOBILE AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT AND AT&T. POLICE CAUGHT THEM THANKS TO A SPIKE STRIP, AND CANINES. >> IF YOU COME TO ROSEVILLE AND YOU STEAL, WE WILL PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS TO TRY AND PRETEND YOU. >> UNTIL THE APPLE PICKERS ARE CAUGHT HIM A SHOPPERS WANT TO SEE IT STEPPED UP SECURITY. >> THEY ARE HAPPENING SO OFTEN, WHY HAVE THEY NOT UPGRADED THEIR SECURITY BEFORE ANYTHING EVER OCCURRED, THAT IS TOP PRIORITY TO KEEP YOUR PRODUCTS SAFE. >> ARE ALL THE SETS RELATED? THAT IS SOMETHING THE ROSEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO. APPLE SAYS I O NOT COMMENT ON SECURITY ISSUES SO NO WORD ON HOW ARE IF THEY ARE RAMP

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Thieves descended on the Apple store in the Roseville Galleria mall Monday morning, making it the fourth time within 30 days that the store has been burglarized.“In most of the cases, you can tell the crew has a plan and they’re organized,” Roseville police spokesperson Rob Baquera said. The thieves stole iPhones and iMacs from the store around 11 a.m. Monday and 7 p.m. Sunday. The thieves got away with about $20,000 in merchandise within 24 hours, and at least $80,000 worth of merchandise in the past two months, police said.“There must be some market out there for these phones because in most cases these are floor model phones that don’t operate like a normal cell phone,” Baquera said.| RELATED | 4 men swipe iPhones, computers from Roseville Apple Store |Law enforcement agencies have seen a string of burglaries at Apple stores across California over the past few weeks. In Roseville, police have noticed a unique trend where an organized group of two to four people case the store. “They collect the phones in the same fashion, by cutting the security cables, gather them up and exit to a vehicle outside,” Baquera said.Apple isn’t the only cell phone store in the Roseville area that thieves have targeted. Suspects stole cell phones at a T-Mobile store on Pleasant Grove Boulevard Friday and at an AT&T store on Douglas Boulevard on Aug. 28. Police caught the alleged thieves in those cases thanks to a spike strip, helicopter and K9s.“Roseville takes property crime very serious,” Baquera said. “If you come to Roseville and you steal, we will pull out all the stops to try and apprehend you.”Police are still searching for the thieves who hit the Apple store at the Galleria mall and whether the four burglaries are connected.KCRA 3 News reached out to Apple about security measures at the store. A company spokesperson said Apple does not comment on security issues.