Tampa PD + Ft Lauderdale PD + iCloud = win

Upstatemax
Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
edited June 2012 in The Clubhouse
Long story short, this weekend my wife had her phone stolen while traveling to visit her sister in Miami. I used iCloud to trace the phone and send messages to return the phone. After they were ignored, we called the police and they jumped right on this since iCloud traced the phone to an exact address.

Police made an initial visit and were told nobody had travelled and they did not have the phone. The detective did not buy and it and put in a subpoena for the flight records and found the person that lived at the address taking the same flight...

They going to arrest him now to charge him with grand larceny!

The police were very helpful and I can't thank them enough for how proactive they were.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,201
    edited June 2012
    Greatness!
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited June 2012
    Very Nice, love it when it all comes together.

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,511
    edited June 2012
    What a dumba$$.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited June 2012
    Just got off the phone with the police and they made the arrest and he admitted to Stealing the phone. I guess he trashed the phone once the police showed up the first time.

    We will hear from the DA in a few weeks about the $650 in restitution I guess they want him to pay now.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2012
    Sweet. Son had his taking but they just turned it off so it could not be traced.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited June 2012
    All thieves should be gutted in the town square.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,418
    edited June 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    What a dumba$$.

    no doubt ....very glad they got the phone back but jeesh you steal a phone and are to stupid to take battery and sim card out even after you get messages to return it.......genius at work for sure....I like to call those people oxygen thieves...
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 13
    edited June 2012
    Impressive techno-sleuthing! I hope that $650 gets to you quickly.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited June 2012
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    no doubt ....very glad they got the phone back but jeesh you steal a phone and are to stupid to take battery and sim card out even after you get messages to return it.......genius at work for sure....I like to call those people oxygen thieves...

    No sim card and can't remove the battery... Pretty much as soon as you even turn the phone on, you're screwed if anyone is tracing it.

    I guess he tried for three hours to get past the security code, then the battery just died.

    Since my wife also had programs and business info on it for her company, I guess they are now getting their lawyers involved since he just tossed a phone containing sensitive information and trade secrets. Lol, this guy is going to have a bad week...
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited June 2012
    congrats to you guys and the cops.

    BTW, a few weeks ago, i found a brand new white iphone sitting on top of the bananas at the grocery store.

    Of course i immediately picked it up, looked around to see if anyone had that "where did i leave that" look.

    Then took it to service desk, and by the time i got back to my cart, a lady and an ingles employee were scouring the produce area, i said your phone is at the ser. desk, and she said she had just bought it to replace the one she dropped into a glass of water.

    Later, it occured to me, even if i was a scumbag thief, apple has installed some good tools for cops, looks like i was right.
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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