$1M Apple Product Heist Accusation Leaves NYC Trio Facing Federal Charges, Prosecutors Say

MANHASSET, NY — A trio of New York City men are facing federal robbery charges Thursday after they were arrested in connection with a January robbery that saw over $1 million worth of Apple Watches, iPads, iPhones, Macbooks and accessories stolen from a delivery truck in Manhasset, prosecutors said.

The U.S. Attorney’s office for Eastern New York said Thursday that Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla had been arrested and charged with Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with the January robbery.

“As alleged, these defendants committed a violent and brazen daytime robbery that terrorized the victims and endangered the public at one of the most popular shopping centers on Long Island,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said. “Our Office will continue its relentless pursuit of violent criminals who prey on innocent victims and put our communities in harm’s way for their own financial gain.”

According to prosecutors, the truck was parked outside the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset mall with two delivery workers inside at about 8 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2026. Prosecutors said the truck was carrying more than $1.2 million in Apple products scheduled to be delivered to three separate malls — the Americana, Roosevelt Field in Garden City and Walt Whitman mall in Huntington Station.

While the truck was parked, a Honda Accord pulled up in front of it and three masked men got out, prosecutors said. The masked men walked up to the truck with handguns and forced one of the workers into the back of the truck, zip tying his hands once he was there, prosecutors said. As for the remaining delivery worker, prosecutors said the men ordered him at gunpoint to drive the truck to a “secluded parking area” behind a Northern Boulevard office building in Manhasset, less than half a mile away.

Prosecutors said Cedeno-Ferrer followed the Apple truck and the Accord to the office parking lot in a Home Depot box truck that he had rented using a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license. When the apple delivery truck arrived, the men inside it brought the delivery driver to the back of the truck to join his colleague and zip tied his hands. The Home Depot truck then backed up to the rear of the Apple truck, aligning the trucks’ cargo bays, at which point the men loaded the Apple merchandise onto the Home Depot truck.

“The defendants allegedly held two innocent employees at gunpoint before hijacking and robbing their delivery truck out of selfish greed. The FBI remains in lockstep with our local law enforcement partners to stop violent criminals from wreaking havoc on our communities,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Barnacle said.

Once the men had finished loading Apple merchandise into the Home Depot truck, they closed the cargo door on the Apple truck and left the two men inside, one of whom was able to extricate himself and call 911, prosecutors said.

The men in the Home Depot truck then drove to a Paterson, NJ self-storage facility where they rented a storage unit and used it to “facilitate transferring the stolen Apple goods from the Home Depot truck to a U-Haul truck and another vehicle being driven by a coconspirator,” prosecutors said.

Two days later, on Jan. 5, law enforcement found the stolen Home Depot truck, abandoned in the Bronx, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said a copy of the rental agreement was recovered inside the truck with Cedeno-Ferrer’s fingerprints on it.

“These individuals came into Nassau County and committed a robbery with weapons that put people in fear. We didn’t stop pursuing them until they were brought to justice,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. “County Executive Bruce Blakeman and I have zero tolerance for criminal activity here in Nassau County. Thanks to our great partners in the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, these defendants have been indicted and will now have to answer for their crimes.”

If convicted, the men could face up to 30 years in jail, prosecutors said.