By Jessica Brockington

While grand larcenies are down 24% this year in the 20th precinct, there have been some major thefts in recent weeks, including at the Upper West Side’s temple of tech.

• A woman wearing an Apple store shirt walked out of the Apple store at 1981 Broadway on February 16 at 3:30 pm with eight of the latest iPhone 6+. She had help, according to police, who say that one man waited downstairs for the merchandise, and a second man distracted workers on the street level of the two-level store. Valued at $5,392, there were four silver, 2 gold, and 2 green iPhones (likely the 5c version, Apple fans tell us, because the 6+ doesn’t come in green).
• On Valentine’s Day, a man stuffed lipstick, nailpolish, foundation and mascara into his pockets and backpack at the CVS at 200 West End Avenue, and left without paying, police report. The thief could have saved himself the effort. As Marilyn Monroe used to say:  “A smile is the best makeup any girl [or boy] could wear.”
• A 53-year-old woman left her handbag on a table at Starbucks at 80^th/Bway on February 19 at 2:00 pm. She turned to pay the cashier, and turned back to find her handbag gone. Police say her wallet, sunglasses, credit and debit cards, and phone charger, were in the bag. “People treat it like it’s their living room,” pointed out one of our favorite local cops.
• A Fordham student in the Lowenstein building at 113 West 60^th Street lost an ipad mini and macbook Air, valued at $1,649, when she forgot her bag in a classroom on February 17, police say.