Ignored by cops, man starts blog to track his stolen laptop, with pictures of thief.

http://thisguyhasmymacbook.tumblr.com/ ^

[grundle]

This Guy Has My MacBook

On March 21, 2011, my MacBook was stolen from my apartment in Oakland, CA. I reported the crime to the police and even told them where it was, but they couldn't help me due to lack of resources. Meanwhile, I'm using the awesome app, Hidden, to capture these photos of this guy who has my MacBook.

Guy staring deliriously into my MacBook.

[grundle]

After this guy's laptop was stolen, he showed the cops his tracking software and the thief's location. But the cops "didn't have enough resources" to do anything about it, so the guy started a blog about it, including pictures of the thief. After more than two months of knowing where the thief was, the cops finally decided to arrest him:

[Grizzled Bear]

Perhaps it would have been inadvisable to call in a homicide at the thief’s location...

[max americana]

Judging by those pictures, I thought the Macbook ended up in Iran.

[blam]

Hey, that's Oakland...could be low IQ affirmitive action cops, probably over at You Black Muslim Bakery getting donuts.

[yldstrk]

On a visit to Berkeley I reported with license plate on two guys who gave the beatdown to a girl and threw her in the car and drove off. It was all I could do to assure them I saw what I plainly saw.

They called me back to say it was a “sister who ran away”. I say BS, more like a pimp and a hooker, but the po po were completely pathetic.

[vladimir998]

Well, the new “owner” is Muslim judging by the arabic on the walls.

[Danae]

Caption: "I really don't want to know what this guy is doing with my Macbook"

ROTFLMAO
Priceless

[blackdog]

He should have claimed the guy was former military and had not fed his cat in two weeks.

SWAT would have been dispatched.

[smith288]

Im using Prey which is pretty feature rich. You mark it stolen and it silently sends screen shots and stuff for free. PreyProject.com

[Kieri]

Hmmm...here’s an idea — make the starving cat claim at bchan. They’ll be all over him and have him branded a terrorist in record speed.

[truthguy]

For those of you around the country this isn't anything unusual for Oakland,CA. Police will only respond quickly if there is a real emergency, say like a shooting or the like. Having a Laptop stolen isn't high on their list. Essentially it isn't considered serious enough to warrant attention from the police.

Or course there are reasons for this. Oakland is an extremely poor city with very few resources. It's essentially a ward of the state of California and Alameda County. Oakland could never make it on their own. Oakland has so many people on the dole and such high unemployment that their finances are a complete disaster. They have chased away any business brave enough to try to do business there. It has an excellent port for trade so their is some of that there. But overall the city is a wreck. As a consequence of this, their budgets are such that police simple don't or won't do anything about property crime. So much for the accomplishments of Jerry Brown when he was mayor. But Oakland was a wreck long before Brown was major. It's been a very long time since Oakland was any type of a decent place. And to be fair, it would take an act of God to make any improvement in Oakland.

[Gargantua]

What a typical stupid looking dirtbag. Guy definitely looks Arab, has that slightly concerned, decidedly mystified look of a mouth-breathing imbecile so common among Middle-Eatern cave people. This guy could do Geico commercials with no makeup.

LMAO!!!

8^D

[SunkenCiv]

I’m sure Weiner will try this defense next.

[arthurus]

You had to see the Arabic on the walls??

[nkycincinnatikid]

Seems the poor-mouthing Oakland PD found some “resources” after being contacted by Good Morning America.
This was a great post.

[TChad]

Im using Prey which is pretty feature rich.

Sounds like a good program.

http://preyproject.com/

[Defiant]

I went to the site for “Hidden”, the software this guy used. I couldn’t determine whether this will work if the thief formats the hard drive. I assume that it would not. Anyone know?

[Grizzled Bear]

Only if he had a dog they could shoot.

[bgill]

I received a call from Officer Joshi of the Oakland Police Department after she was contacted by Good Morning America. She told me that the Oakland Police Department would be following up on my case immediately.

Oh, so if a national tv show calls the police department they suddenly have the manpower to investigate the crime and make an arrest in record time.

I had to file last year on credit card theft and the cops couldn't be bothered. With me pushing them, they tracked it to an ISP account and then dropped it. The credit card company didn't follow up either claiming it wasn't worth their time. Gee, ya think that's why credit cards charge 20-something percent interest.

[bajabaja]

OK, shooting dog. I got that. My car got stolen when I was in LA County and they just avoided doing anything. I was an imposition. Another reason why I now live in Texas.