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Porn Watching Laptop Thief Gets Fingered Remotely

100108lap.jpgA White Plains man used a remote access program on his laptop to monitor the suspect who stole it, resulting in his arrest last week. The laptop was stolen on September 4th after Jose Caceres left it on top of his car while he carried stuff into his home. Using the remote tracking, Caceres was able to monitor the suspect's internet use, which he says primarily consisted of studying the remarkable migratory patterns of the Black-tailed Godwit. Kidding—it was porn, all porn. When the suspect, 34-year-old Gabriel Mejia of White Plains, typed in his home address to replenish his porn supply, Caceres tipped off police, who arrested Mejia just hours later. The sting is reminiscent of last May's bust of two thieves in Westchester, which took place after the owner remotely used the camera in her computer to photograph the suspects.

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  • NannyState

    J.D.S. gets the Lifetime Achievement In Snarkiness award for the headline. And are we to believe that all the porn on that hard drive is courtesy of Mr. Mejia?

  • Kojak

    Fingered Remotely? Are you saying I can fingerpop my gf in San Francisco from New York?



    Technology is really something

  • babyhitler

    1 - if they were smart enough to do that then they wouldn't be thieves in the first place.

  • BigNick

    Good one...

    but it happened in Westchester dumbshit.

  • streber



    Good job NYPD!



    oh wait... I mean, good job victim!

  • JenChungsBaby

    OK, new rules for laptop thieves: WIPE THE HARD DRIVES!

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