The misuse of a stolen Xbox 360 gave police information leading to the whereabouts of a notorious electronics thief this weekend after using the console online.
Police in Pelham USA gained access to the whereabouts of Jeremiah Gilliam when the console’s former owner, from whom it was recently stolen, noticed that his Xbox Live signature had signed in. This gave detectives enough information to track the Xbox 360’s IP address to Gilliam’s Grandmother’s house, where he was arrested.
In addition to the console police also found a number of video games, laptops and GPS devices believed to be stolen from as many as 200 car and house robberies in the area reported the New York Post.
“On the day of the burglary, the victim used another Xbox and saw his system was already online,” Pelham detective John Hynes said. “At the house, we found Xboxes, PlayStations, GPS units, laptops — a total of 53 items, including stolen credit cards.”
Gilliam has been charged with grand larceny.
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