A customer who installed GadgetTrak software on his MacBook had it returned to him yesterday. The MacBook went on long journey from Portland to Missouri after the customer’s laptop was stolen from his residence during a burglary. After a few weeks the laptop connected to the Internet and sent its location and photos of the person using the system in Missouri. Over the course of a few days several photos and locations were captured, as well as the name of the person using the system and other data, all provided to law enforcement.
The laptop exchanged hands a few times with a full audit trail left thanks to GadgetTrak’s software, which has had a number of successful recoveries over the past few months including one in Brooklyn, New York and another in Oakland, California all of which unveiled larger crimes and theft rings. If you are part of the press and would like more information regarding this recovery including the contact details of the police detectives who worked on the case feel free to contact us directly at 503-799-8610.
This past Saturday night, while Denton, Texas MC/DJ Ian Bangs was working at a show, someone broke into his apartment and stole his MacBook, a laptop that Bangs is still making payments on. Of course it is more than just the value of the laptop, but also the fact that as Bangs stated “All my stuff is on there–all of it! It’s like losing a best friend. Seriously, it’s my life.”
This Thursday night his friends have pulled together to put on a benefit show to help buy Bangs as a new laptop. The show will be at Rubber Gloves in Denton, TX Thurdsay night (18th) if you are in the area we suggest you show up, there is a great line up of artists and there is free beer from 9pm-10pm, with only a $5 cover charge. All of the proceeds from the party will go toward helping Bangs get a new MacBook (and, one hopes, bring in enough to finish paying off one that was stolen).
Stolen A.P.B. & Stolen 911 has received a request from Michelle Ronsen of San Francisco. Sometime between December 19th and the 29th, Michelle’s Telegraph Hill home was burglarized. A report was made to San Francisco PD. Many items were taken, but the most significant to Michelle was her Apple Mac Powerbook G4 laptop. The Powerbook contained the last living photographs of Michelle’s father who passed away two years earlier. Unfortunately, there are no backup files of the photographs. Because of this, Michelle is offing a $2500 dollar reward and no questions asked. The photographs of her father are priceless and 2500 dollars is almost three times the street lever price for the powerbook. Michelle is hoping that someone may have purchased the powerbook not realizing it was stolen. The laptop is a silver aluminum 1.5 GHZ Apple Mac Powerbook G4 with a 15” screen. It was password protected for loading new or upgrading existing software. The last seven of the serial number is 5 Zero A B R G V. The Apple part number is M 9 6 8 5 L L / A.
They are offering a $2,500 reward for its recovery. If you know anything or can provide any tips contact them.
