The Apple Store in Grand Central Station undoubtedly gets weekly shipments of packages filled with addictive contents. But this summer, one arrived that was quite extraordinary. An incredibly unusual chain of events transpired over the summer, culminating in the arrest of Richard Dean Desain of Los Angeles for a host of meth-related charges.
Events Leading Up to the Meth Arrest
On July 7, 2018, an Apple employee at the New York City store was going through his usual routine, opening the day’s shipments, when he came across an odd package addressed to “R De Sain.” According to police, that package contained 559 grams of methamphetamine. Police also said that someone had tried to reroute this package to the Duane Reade pharmacy nearby, but was unsuccessful. The next day, Desain came by the store, asking if a package had erroneously been delivered for him. Unbeknownst to Desain, police were waiting nearby and arrested him.
Mystery Solved? Not Quite
As the details of this story unfold, so many questions come to mind that inquiring minds might want to ask Mr. Desain. Did you check the address multiple times before you dropped that package in the mail? Most people do that just for Christmas cards. Once you realized that you had mailed it to the wrong address, was it really a good idea to ask if a package had been delivered to the Apple Store for you?
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