Nicholas Simat
Chatty iPhone thief Nicholas Simat did not make it to his sentencing hearing in San Mateo County Superior Court yesterday morning because he is currently locked up in Marin County jail for allegedly stealing a laptop computer from an auto dealership in San Rafael back in November.
He was released from San Mateo County custody July 24 and was immediately arrested for burglary by Marin County sheriff’s officials.
Yesterday, a bench warrant was issued in the amount of $20,000 and the case was continued to Sept. 5, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
“We will be seeking to have him returned to San Mateo County for that date,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti wrote the Daily Journal in an email yesterday.
Simat pleaded no contest in May to four counts of felony burglary as nine other charges against him were dropped.
Authorities arrested Simat at a friend’s home in Pinole after police received a tip in April, according to the South San Francisco Police Department. Police said Simat admitted to committing numerous iPhone and iPad thefts and said they were stolen to support a heroin and oxycontin habit.
The deal he made with San Mateo County prosecutors would keep Simat out of state prison with a chance to receive drug counseling. He is facing a year in county jail for his crimes in this county.
During a stretch starting in late February, numerous iPhone thefts happened throughout the Peninsula after a man entered various businesses and pretended to be a customer while talking at length. The same man went to businesses in South San Francisco, Burlingame and Daly City. When employees were distracted or left the area, Simat would quickly steal iPhones, iPads and other electronics from employees’ desks. During these interactions, he referred to himself as Mike or Michael and claimed to be a computer guy who recently inherited money, according to police.
He is also suspected of burglary and theft in Pleasanton.
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106
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