|
|
|
Crime Stopping Cell Phones
April 07, 2009, 5:18 PM by ROB
Posted in GADGETS, MOBILE | 620 views
In case you didn't know, you're not the only one who likes your shiny new iPhone—thieves love it, too.
It's a good thing, then, that either technology these days doesn't want to be stolen or thieves are just too dumb to do it right. Two weeks ago, the New York Post reported that Sayaka Fukuda, 29, had her purse—iPhone included—stolen in a robbery. After she reported the incident to police and returning home, Fukuda checked her email to find an email in her outbox that she didn't send. She opened the attachment in the sent file to find—go figure—a self-portrait of the thief that stole her phone.
Fukuda submitted the photo to authorities who promptly sifted through mugshots to find Daquan Mathis, 18. Score 1 for technology, 0 for clueless crooks.
Then there's this article from Gizmodo that reports on case of a 16-year-old thief whose cell phone just happened to call 911 when he was bragging to his friends about his haul... Smooth.
Police triangulated the cell phone, dispatched an officer, and picked up the kid with stolen car stereo still in hand.
Know of any other stories? Drop us a comment and let us know.
|
| Comments (0) |
|
|
|
Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /homepages/13/d279358895/htdocs/gadgetgrounds.com/html/modules.php on line 370
| |
|
 Subscribe
Find Something
What's New?
Groundskeepers
»Rob Laughter | Blog
»Ethan Lee | Blog
Blogs we like
Gizmodo
Engadget
Coolest Gadgets
Gizmo Watch
OhGizmo!
Boone NC Web Design
|
