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Calif. Clown Caught With IPad Stolen From Steve Jobs' Home
Officer.com ^ | 8/20/2012 | Garance Burke

Posted on 08/20/2012 12:05:45 PM PDT by caldera599

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Families waiting for San Francisco's cable cars on a recent morning couldn't help but notice Kenny the Clown, who wore a curly rainbow wig as he twisted brightly colored balloons into animal shapes for visitors, blasting Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" from an iPad at his feet.

Little did the clown know that the tablet doubling as his stereo would turn out to have been stolen from the home of the late Steve Jobs.

"The thing that is embarrassing to me is I'm a huge fan of Steve Jobs," said Kenneth Kahn, 47, a professional entertainer who police say unwittingly received a silver 64GB iPad pilfered from the home of the Apple co-founder last month. "It's just bizarre."

Kahn's friend, Kariem McFarlin, 35, of Alameda was arrested on suspicion of breaking into Jobs' Palo Alto residence on Aug. 2.

(Excerpt) Read more at officer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: clown; crazy; ipad; stevejobs
Some crazy news to brighten everyone's day.
1 posted on 08/20/2012 12:05:54 PM PDT by caldera599
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To: caldera599
Kahn said he met McFarlin when he coached him on a high school basketball team in Alameda more than a decade ago.
2 posted on 08/20/2012 12:15:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
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To: caldera599
Apple investigators identified McFarlin after he used the stolen device to connect to his iTunes account on the Internet, police said.

Obviously crooks don’t keep up on the tech news.

These days a stolen computer can lead the cops right to your door even if you don’t have a door.

3 posted on 08/20/2012 2:05:46 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Red Badger
he coached him on a high school basketball team

Clowns sure like those younger boys, don't they. Sandusky/Gacey combo here?

4 posted on 08/20/2012 3:56:49 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Red Badger

Oops, I forgot to mention. A decade ago, the kid would have been 25. Either he was a really slow kid or it was a really long decade. More like two.


5 posted on 08/20/2012 3:59:48 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Pontiac

Or perhaps he did know that and wanted to lay the blame on his “friend”?


6 posted on 08/20/2012 4:44:10 PM PDT by caldera599
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