High Tech Sleuthing To Find Stolen Car

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the track-'em-down dept

Some guy in Chicago had his car stolen last week, but tracked it down himself. First off, he deserves to get in trouble for double parking in the first place, but that doesn’t mean he deserves to have his car stolen. He first called his mobile phone (which he had left in the car) and spoke to the guy who stole it – who promised to return it, but (not surprisingly) didn’t. He then, with the help of a friend who worked for Sprint PCS, looked up the numbers that had been called from his cell phone since the car was stolen. He used a reverse directory online to track down the address of the phone numbers called and drove to those locations with a friend where he saw his car in one of the driveways. He then (smartly) let the local police handle the rest (which did, actually, involve a car chase).