A gamer's house was broken into and burglarized on 12th March while he was was returning from holiday.
They took his Xbox 360, ripped his T.V right off the wall and a old powerbook which they took the incorrect charger for. So it really wasn't a nice way to be welcomed back home.
The gamer contacted the detectives about the issue but he knew you couldn't rely on them to return you're stolen items so the gamer took things into his own hands and began investigating himself.
The first pawn shop he called told him they remember a young white man who was trying to sell a G4 powerbook but the battery was dead. Rings any bells? He also told him that the screen wouldn't stay up on it's own, which is why the gamer wanted to replace it with a MBP. So basically it was his Powerbook the thief tried selling to them.
The gamer asked questions about the pawn shops security camera's and since they didn't know how to export images, the gamer took his digital camera and took photographs of the screens showing the person with his Powerbook.
The gamer contacted the detectives once again and waited three long hours but to no avail still no reply.
Friday the 21st, the gamer is ready to go to work and is presented from the people of his office a brand new Xbox 360 with a copy of the game Halo 3.
Later that day the gamer connected his Xbox 360 and was ready to go. Once he revived his Live account he recieves a voice message from someone he doesn't know. Yeah you guessed it, the thief.
The amatuer thief had admitted he was the one who stole his Xbox 360 and if he wanted it back he had to buy it back. Now Live account's have personal information linked to them and the gamer wants to take advantage of that. He calls upon the very helpful detectives which did nothing from the start and told them what's happening. While talking to them on the phone he recieves another two voicemails and then tells the detectives that he's being harassed by the person who robbed his house. What do the detectives do? They hung up.
Here is the thief's Live profile (you need to be registered to view it):
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Those that know me are aware that my house was burglarized on March 12th while I was returning from SXSW. For the uninitiated, my house was broken into around 2:30-3:00pm and they made off with my xbox 360, an old powerbook (which they grabbed the wrong charger for) and ripped my TV right off the wall. Needless to say it was shitty news to come home to, but things can be replaced and I was happy that my dog, who was downstairs at the time, wasn't hurt.
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I bet you this will get a lot of media attention then suddenly they'll get there act together
The link's from the source have given me a laugh. This
and this. The guy is officially getting pwned in some AIM msgs in the first link and in the 2nd one, Anon has delivered with just about all the info on him.
I hope this guy gets caught. The dude should seriously call up some higher authorities at the police and report the detectives who hung up. That is actually illegal in most places to not give a complete and fair hearing...
The fact of the matter is, they denied helping him. Now if this were a celebrity, they'd likely be on the case. And Seeker X, it's one thing to be the 'voice of reason' here, but another to be rude. How were you rude? Read over your last sentence.
This is a gamer who was robbed and set out to get his 360 back, taking matters into his own hands. The article somewhat puts the law enforcement in the backseat...this technique is also used by the news media to 'control' us, so of course we'll be upset at law enforcement after reading it. We can also relate to this gamer in that sense, I mean, would we want our place robbed of our wall-mounted TV, gaming system, etc.? No. But again, that's how it's put, that's the majority's standpoint in this particular kind of news.
It's happened with other situations as well...well from what I've seen on America's Most Wanted, anyways.
It's easy to think that they'll just come in your house, trace the thief down and then take him to jail...easy, right? Wrong. That process alone could take days (And that's IF they actually catch the guy), nevermind the paperwork and then bail setting...that's not even getting sentenced or anything like that, so the whole case would blow over with a plea bargain (which is basically a slap int he wrist, pay some money, maybe do a little time and you're free to go), all this could take place in the time span of a couple of weeks...by then at least dozens upon dozens of cases would pile up on the desk by the time this is over. Get my drift yet? Now why they didn't help AFTER he tracked him down, well I got a couple of guesses...most of them have to do with them not wanting to deal with petty theft or because they knew that the kid was gonna slip through the metaphorical "Criminal Justice cracks" (As in, he was gonna get away with it anyways).
What's bothering me is why not even a patrol officer came in and just dealt with this crap, I understand Detectives didn't but no reason they can't send in a patrol officer, especially after the dude tracked him down.
My guess is that they thought it was a joke, though. A gamer calls up about a stolen system, they must think he's trying to pull a prank. But we can't blame the majority for how they feel. It's somewhat controlling for what the article wants them to feel, yes, and they wouldn't be able to fully understand the Justice system without learning a thing or two about it, such as taking a class.
You're right though, an officer definitely would have been the best bet.
Good luck versing the thief guys.