Police raid blogger’s home over ‘stolen’ iPhone prototype

POLICE broke into a blogger’s home in search of photographs of a prototype Apple iPhone and other material, launching a felony investigation, gadget site Gizmodo and prosecutors said.

Gawker Media-owned gizmodo.com, a popular consumer gadgets site, said last week it paid $5,000 (about €3,780) for a prototype next-generation iPhone purportedly left in a Silicon Valley bar by one of Apple’s engineers.

Stephen Wagstaffe, spokesman for the San Mateo County District Attorney’s office, confirmed the raid and said Apple had contacted his office to report the crime.