Been Robbed Recently? Check Ebay

fistfullast33l writes "A man from Great Neck, Long Island has been arrested on charges of stealing electronic equipment and selling it on Ebay. The police were tipped off when one of his alleged victims was searching for a replacement GPS device and found a perfect match on eBay — almost too perfect. A quick check of the serial number (note to cyber-criminals: don't post those) showed that it was the exact device that had been stolen." From the article: "Police and prosecutors were hesitant to provide details of how they determined all the devices had been stolen, but at least two of the laptops were stamped 'Property of St. John's University.' Detective Ray Cote noted that the GPS devices specifically had the addresses of the legitimate owners programmed in and police were now contacting those victims to eventually return the items."

Comments

Re:What happens to the buyers?

[dubdays]

They will certainly not get into trouble for the purchase of stolen goods, and if they do, any reasonable judge would automatically acquit them.

The key word being reasonable. With all of the stupidness in the judicial system, these so-called "reasonable" judges seem to be getting harder to come by.

get real

[El Gruga]

eBay is the worlds BIGGEST Fencing operation. There are ZERO checks. Its a monster thief fest........

Re:The Seattle Police were not as curious

[spir0]

I'm all for vigilante justice, but unfortunately, I believe the reality is that in a situation like this, a jury is much more likely to convict because this guy scared or hurt the "poor" burglar. Juries in this country are always filled with losers and morons who side with criminals.

No, I think juries are filled with politically correct losers and morons who unconditionally feel sorry for victims. They think that all human life is sacred. That's how rapists and pedophiles walk free, or get released back into public after jail time. Stupid PC wankers. People should just get hard. Criminals don't deserve the same air as humans. That and I believe that public hangings and beheadings would do wonders for our economies and overpopulation problems.

Computers are the best way to catch people. On eBay for thieves, and in Germany, they're scouring credit card transactions for pedophiles. It's brilliant. We don't even need those stupid juries. Just judges who look at evidence and send people to the gallows. And aren't allowed liquid lunches.