Computer with tracking app leads Seattle police to stolen electronics
Jan 21, 2013, 9:25 AM | Updated: 9:41 am
Electronics may be an easy item for thieves to grab, but they’re becoming increasingly easier for cops to track down.
A man and woman landed in jail when a MacBook laptop the pair allegedly stole had been outfitted with a tracking application.
“The officers were able to find out where that computer was, and it looked like it was at a motel downtown,” says Seattle Police Detective Mark Jamieson.
The victim called police to their Madrona home around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday. The victim believed the burglary happened sometime between Friday night and 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, and over $4,000 worth of items were missing.
Police used the application on the MacBook to track the 21-year-old male and 33-year-old female suspects to a Best Western in downtown Seattle.
“Several other stolen items (were inside their room,) including an e-book that had been tracked down the owner who hadn’t even known it had been stolen,” says Jamieson.
The man and woman were booked into King County Jail.
KIRO Radio’s Val Stouffer contributed to this report.
