Dumb Crook Logs into Xbox Live on Stolen Console, Gets Caught
By Ed Oswald | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:44 am
Here’s a tip for you folks out there planning to steal somebody’s Xbox 360: don’t log into their Xbox Live account and start playing games online. That’s exactly what 22-year-old Jeremiah Gilliam of Bronx, N.Y. did, allowing the police to track his IP address to his grandmother’s home.
When Pelham, N.Y. detectives arrived at the house, they did not only find the victim’s Xbox, but also “dozens” of pilfered electronics, ranging from video games to laptops, 53 items in total.
It is believed that Gilliam may have stolen the goods from as many as 200 break-ins across New York’s Westchester County. He was already under investigation for 13 robberies where he broke into unlocked cars, say police.
Gilliam is charged with grand larceny. No word on whether the grandmother will be charged since her home housed the stolen property.
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December 30th, 2009 at 2:24 am[…] Dumb Crook Logs into Xbox Live on Stolen Console, Gets Caught – Technologizer s a tip for you folks out there planning to steal somebody’s Xbox 360: don’t log into their Xbox Live account and start playing games online. That’s exactly what 22-year-old Jeremiah Gilliam New York’s Westchester County. […]
December 28th, 2009 at 10:58 am
That is hilarious.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Good!! he got caught! Embracing technology to catch the bad guys!!
December 28th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I don’t see that as a bad news, at least they saved him from incoming RRoD
December 28th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
How did they track him?
May 26th, 2011 at 12:38 am
Xbox knows if you are sleepling. Live knows if you're awake. 360 knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!