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Thief Steals GPS Unit, Gets Busted When Police Hit 'Home' Button

by Terrence O'Brien on December 31, 2008 at 02:53 PM

Rowan Atkinson on Bike
Is it just us or are criminals getting dumber by the day? A man in Amityville, NY may have just created a new level of sheer delinquent disregard. The 33 year old suspect (no, he isn't Mr. Bean, but we like Mr. Bean) aroused police suspicion when he was seen riding down the street with arms full of goods. Of particular none was an unboxed GPS car navigation unit he was carrying while making his way down the street -- keep in mind he was doing this on his bike.

Police stopped and questioned him about the unit, to which he gave rather evasive answers. Finally one of the officers simply hit the "home" button on the GPS device which displayed a nearby address. The resident at the "home" indicated that it was his GPS unit, and the 33 year old cyclist was taken downtown.

From the New York Daily News

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Tags: crime, criminal, gps, law, theft

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