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Joy Riding Teens Tracked and Arrested Thanks to GPS

by Warren Riddle on May 2, 2009 at 05:03 PM

Global Positioning System (GPS) devices aren't exactly a new technological development -- the first GPS satellites were launched in the late '70s, handheld GPS trackers were used in the first Gulf War, and the first cell phone with built-in GPS service debuted in the late '90s. Nevertheless, crooks still manage to overlook the technology -- often to their downfall.

In one of the latest GPS related arrests, police tracked down two California teens for stealing a Green Cab van. According to San Jose's the Mercury News, after the theft, the van's driver told police dispatch that the van was equipped with GPS. Knowing this, police quickly located the van and sent out officers. When they arrived, they found both the van and the teens sitting next to a recently-burgled car, the contents of which had been moved into the stolen van. Police also confiscated marijuana and burglary tools. Probably not the meaning of "Green Cab" that the company had in mind...

Police took the spaced-out thieves to a juvenile hall and charged them with suspicion of vehicle theft, burglary and possession of marijuana. This means we can update our tally -- GPS: 1 million, moronic criminals: 0. [From: Mercury News]

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