Leaf Blower, Nitrogen Tank, Generator and More – All Recovered Thanks to GPS Tracking
9 Feb 2017
GPS asset tracking has come to the rescue again. A couple of thieves were caught and arrested after police officers set up a GPS tracker trap that led them straight to the thieves apartment.
One of the stolen items that were retrieved was a nitrogen tank owned by Mid-South entrepreneur, Tommy Brown.
He filed a report with the police about his stolen nitrogen tank and it only took around 48 hours for them to find it and call him back.
Brown said he was called by the detective who stated that they might have his tank. Brown went to the police station to take a look and sure enough it was his tank.
The officers told Brown it was like putting cheese on a mouse trap to catch the two thieves. They simply placed a GPS tracked generator and leaf blower (the cheese) in a trailer and truck bed (the trap) and the thieves ‘bit’. Police said the thieves were James Warren and a female which was his accomplice.
GPS tracking allowed police to see how fast the thieves were going, where they we going and where they had come from. Therefore, the officers waited at their Nutbush community apartment for them to arrive. When the officers got there, however, there were so much stolen items at the apartment; they could hardly get in the door.
According to police, there were bicycles, tools, GPS’s, shop vac’s and phones stolen most likely from trucks and trailers. Other stolen items included a guitar and keyboard, chainsaws and skill saws. The total estimate of the stolen goods police found in the apartment was around $4,000.
Benefits of GPS
GPS tracking technology can help businesses track their valuable equipment and large machinery. However, over the recent years, there has been some major advancement in this technology allowing even smaller items to be tracked. GPS trackers make it easy for law enforcement to recover and return stolen items and arrest the thieves.
Construction and agriculture companies struggle with equipment theft as well, particularly those that have a lot of seasonal workers or temporary employees. Since securing things like heavy machinery and vehicles can be difficult using other methods, GPS tracking comes in handy.
Even though GPS tracking technology is often used by businesses to protect their assets, individuals can now use it to protect their valuable items. These days, just about anything can be tracked through GPS providing owners with real-time tracking data of their stolen items to help them recover them as soon as possible.
Contact us here at LiveView GPS if you have equipment, machinery, vehicles, or other assets that you would like tracked.
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