Vehicle Tracking Device in Toy Car Fingers Cemetery Thief
A northwest Ohio woman returned to a grave site one too many times, to pilfer mementos. A vehicle tracking device tucked neatly inside a toy car and placed near a tombstone led police to her stash of stolen goods.
Sandra Lilly discovered that items she placed on the grave of her 18-year-old son in Williamstown Cemetery had been taken, so she called police. Police took the report, commenting that the same crime had apparently occurred to other grieving families.
Grant County Sheriff Chuck Dills gave the mother a vehicle tracking device. Vehicle tracking devices are GPS tracking receivers, usually placed in cars and trucks. Real-time vehicle tracking systems allow a user to pinpoint an object’s exact location, from a remote computer.
In this case, the GPS tracking unit worked on a mini version of a car. The mother hid it inside the box of a toy muscle car Camaro, then placed it on her son Josh’s grave. The thief took the bait, not knowing that there was a vehicle tracking device attached. The police chief got the report and found out where the stolen toy car was, following it on a map from his laptop.
The GPS tracking device was found inside a minivan owned by 48-year-old Kimberly Goodrich. The vehicle was full of other items that appeared to be stolen from the cemetery. Goodrich was on probation from a theft in Boone County, Ohio.
GPS tracking devices come in two versions: passive vehicle tracking logs an object’s movements for later download and review; and real-time vehicle tracking lets the viewer see where the receiver is minute by minute, almost as it happens. Real-Time GPS tracking is best for theft recovery.
As GPS tracking hardware is becoming smaller, lighter and less costly, consumers are thinking of new ways to use them besides vehicle tracking. Protecting assets other than cars and trucks from theft, is a quickly growing application. Vehicle tracking products have been placed on cargo shipments, furniture, artwork and all sorts of recreational vehicles.
GPS tracking systems are really becoming quite common, said Sheriff Dills. He said that if a thief takes something that doesn’t belong to him, there’s a good chance someone will be sitting at a desk on their computer, or a Web-enabled cell phone, trying to find it with GPS tracking.
Source: Breitbart.tv
Tags: GPS Tracking, grave, robbery, Vehicle Tracking
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July 1st, 2010 at 5:46 am
It is a good post and it tell us how we are safe from gps tracking devices. two types of gps devices version passive vehicle tracking and real-time vehicle tracking are very good.