Police: Tracking device leads them to computer thief
A tracking device embedded in a laptop led authorities to the man who stole the computer from a Dover Township home in 2009, according to police.
Northern York County Regional Police said a 19-year-old from Dover Township was charged Friday in juvenile court because the crime occurred when he was under the age of 18.
On Sept. 19, 2009, police said, a laptop computer was reported stolen from a home in the 1600 block of Blue Jay Drive during a burglary.
Three months later, a Canada-based business that monitors tracking devices placed in electronics contacted police. After the stolen laptop had been turned on, police said, it began sending signals to the security firm.
"While the thief enjoyed use of the internet including sending
messages . . . (that included) pictures and detailed descriptions of illicit drug use and other criminal activity, he was unaware the lap top was sending mirrored messages to the security firm," Northern Regional Police said in a news release.
Police said they collected the messages as evidence, including information about time the suspected thief spent in Rhode Island and elsewhere before coming back to York, where he planned to sell the laptop at a pawn shop.
The computer has since been recovered, police said.Read more at www.ydr.com
The 19-year-old, who police did not identify, is charged with the following crimes: unlawful use of a computer, computer theft, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property. The man remains free
pending his juvenile court case.
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