Three men charged in armed hijacking of truck carrying $1.2 million in Apple gear

Federal prosecutors this week indicted three men after a delivery truck with more than $1 million of Apple products was hijacked earlier this year.

In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York says that 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 mall 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 workers armed with handguns, forced one of the workers into the back of the delivery truck and zip tied his hands. They ordered the other victim into 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 was then ordered into the back of the truck with the first victim, where his hands were also zip tied.

A Home Depot box truck, rented by Cedeno-Ferrer using a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license, pulled into the parking area and backed up to the rear of the delivery truck so the cargo 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 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.

The stolen Apple gear was then taken to a self-storage facility in Paterson, New Jersey. Sirett-Padilla rented a storage unit under his own name, which was used 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.”

The Home Depot truck was abandoned in the Bronx and was located two days later by law enforcement.

“Cedeno-Ferrer’s fingerprints were found on a copy of the rental agreement that was recovered from inside the Home Depot truck,” according to the prosecutors. Additionally, Cedeno-Ferrer is said to have activated two of the stolen Apple Watches several days after the heist.

If the three men are convicted of these charges, they face up to 30 years in jail.

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