Phooey. I was hoping he'd administer some PR-24 therapy to some griefers.
Posted on 01/03/2010 6:51:18 AM PST by BenLurkin
Roberson didn't expect much back because of the limits of his jurisdiction, but Blizzard responded in spades. Online gaming offers you a new life: new friends, new face, new clothes, new home, new everything. It sounds like a perfect spot for a someone hiding from the law. But not quite perfect. Two weeks ago, an Indiana sheriff's deputy tracked down a fugitive by first locating him in the online game World of Warcraft
The sheriff's department of Howard County had been searching for Alfred Hightower for two years without any luck, even with the help of U.S. marshals under Operation Falcon. From what Deputy Matt Roberson could piece together, he had left the country.
"None of that information was sound enough to pursue on its own, but putting everything we had together gave me enough evidence to send a subpoena to Blizzard Entertainment," Roberson told the Kokomo Perspective.
It gave Roberson Hightower's billing address, his IP address, his account information, even his online name: Rastalynn, a level 80 shaman. Roberson plugged the IP address into Google Earth, zeroed in within 3 yards and bagged his man.
Sheriff Marty Talbert says this was the first time in his seven years on the job that a fugitive was tracked down in Canada.
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Phooey. I was hoping he'd administer some PR-24 therapy to some griefers.
Did he put up a fight?
The IP address in question is going to be one assigned by the Internet Service Provider, and the nature of the Internet means that the specific address and subnetwork address are local or regional in scope.
I'm not sure where they gather the location information - for instance my "location" for my address corresponds to a nearby neighborhood - perhaps the location of the fiber-to-cable interface for my area's cable internet link.
Didn’t matter - ha><><0r 5h3rr1f camped and fragged him every time he respawned.
I call BS, Armory doesn’t list em.
Danged blizztards, always nerfing Shammies.
Might as well play a Hunter.
Dude got stunlocked bad. Pfft. What a noob.
}:-)4
Go ahead and arrest me but don't ban my character bro!
Given the state of our universities, it’s unwarranted to assume that higher education means one won’t be a dolt.
For some people, PhD stands for “Piling it high and Deep.”
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