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Cool laptop thief news story
« on: October 29, 2007, 12:57:40 PM »
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/28/Business/Here_s_how_a_slick_la.shtml

This was on Fark and it's a really good read about a guy who dressed in casual business clothing and walked into corporate offices all over the country to steal laptops.  Here's the most amusing paragraph:

Almly could be childishly impulsive. After a 1995 home burglary in which he found a Compaq laptop computer - quite possibly the first laptop he owned - he picked up a pay phone and called the victim to gloat. When he called again minutes later to apologize, the victim hung up and dialed *69. An arrest was made.

Read the whole thing, though.  It's good stuff.

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Re: Cool laptop thief news story
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2007, 10:58:22 AM »
Wow that guy knew what he was doing...kinda.