10-04-2009, 06:20 AM
The officer told the story along these lines (I may have some details wrong): he went to the house, he told them he knew there was a stolen laptop on the premises of this and that description. If they didn't hand it over and made him get a warrant he would arrest everyone. So they handed it over and said that they'd bought it from a guy who bought it from someone else and no they don't know where they are now and they only know their first names.
In an ideal world he would've pursued it but with resources being as stretched as they are, especially with the prosecution side of things, he was glad to just be able to get the laptop back to the owner and send a warning to the residents of that house.
Hopefully the word will get around - buy a stolen laptop and you can get the police knocking at your door.
The Lojack for Laptops website says they recover 60 laptops a week.
In an ideal world he would've pursued it but with resources being as stretched as they are, especially with the prosecution side of things, he was glad to just be able to get the laptop back to the owner and send a warning to the residents of that house.
Hopefully the word will get around - buy a stolen laptop and you can get the police knocking at your door.
The Lojack for Laptops website says they recover 60 laptops a week.