2023-07-27 20:13:59
bar staff in South Carolina (United States) helped the authorities to apprehend a thief using a AirTag hidden inside a teddy bear. The suspect was identified by police as Samuel Smith52 years old.
According to reported by The Sun News, several businesses in the region had been suffering from the wave of crimes since February. The staff at the Sneaky Beagle bar then placed an Apple tracker inside a Teddy bearlater placed in a safe.
During his fourth attempt to rob the establishment, Smith fell into the trap and made off with the safe, which made it easier for the authorities to track his location – all without him having any idea what was going on.
After the suspect robbed the establishment’s safe, police used AirTag’s location data to link him to a string of robberies and execute his arrest. Initially, he was charged in relation to credit/debit card fraud.
Mikayla Moscova spokesman for the Horry County Sheriff’s Department, confirmed that Smith is charged with nine second-degree burglaries (a US penal code term used to refer to all types of burglaries that are not residential).
Still according to Moscov, all incidents involved the theft of a safe, bags of money or other items of great value. It is estimated that the total damage caused by the thief exceeds US$15,000 (over R$71,000).
The case undoubtedly draws attention to the potential of technology in combating crime. Not just a $30 device (R$370 in Brazil) helped end the crime spree, as well as showing a new method for protecting businesses against similar threats — although this is not advised by the authorities.
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