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GPS Devices Lead Authorities to Thieves' Home

Posted by Zonk on from the please-put-the-stolen-locatermabob-down dept.

Radon360 writes "A trio of not-so-bright thieves in Lindenhurst, NY stole 14 GPS position reporting devices used on public works equipment from a nearby township garage. Authorities didn't have to look too far to locate him or the devices, as one of them was still active and indicated the location of his home when it was queried. From the article: 'Town officials said the thieves didn't even know what they had: they thought the GPS devices were cell phones, which they planned to sell.'"

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  1. ahh yes... by Bananatree3 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    how sweet, the ignorance of youth. They're almost begging for police to come get them. Kind of like the dimwhit students who posted their vandalizing a school on youtube for the whole world, including police to see.

  2. what ever happened to bold thefts. by timmarhy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    honestly i'm so sick of all these petty stealing pricks. i got broken into and they stole my aircon remote and a tin of wall putty. if your going to steal things, atleast put some thought into it and steal something worthwhile. like the people who stole a prize winning garden gnome and took photo's of it at places around the world and sent them back to the owner. otherwise your just a dumb punk.

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    1. Re:what ever happened to bold thefts. by Cassini2 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      We once had a 15 year old, 40 MegaByte Hard Drive stolen! It was virtually impossible to source a replacement non-IDE hard drive. The hard drive was embedded in an industrial machine, and it was a nightmare to source spares. We finally wound up replacing the entire computer.

      I think the bill came to something like $45,000 in machine downtime, $2,000 in a replacement hardware, and $20 for a USB memory key ... It was an expensive 40MB hard drive.

  3. Not news IMO by Jack9 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Digg and Fark cover general stupidity.

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  4. It reminds me... by gooman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My dad likes to say, "If they were smart, they wouldn't be crooks, they'd have real jobs."

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    1. Re:It reminds me... by atcurtis · · Score: 2, Interesting


      The smartest criminals are so deft at their art that no one, least of all the police, is aware that a crime has even taken place...

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  5. Only Fools and Horses by tutti+fruti · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This reminds me of the episode where Dell purchases "a satellite dish" :-)
    http://www.tv.com/only-fools-and-horses/the-skys-t he-limit/episode/52299/summary.html