Absolute’s Top Recoveries of the Week

Most Recoveries by One Officer
Location: CA, USA
Scenario: Working alongside Absolute to track and recover stolen laptops, a California officer recently made his 277th recovery of a Computrace equipped machine.

In a rather dramatic recovery, Absolute identified an adolescent as this laptop’s unauthorized user, and so the officer visited the boy’s house to discuss the matter with his father. The father was not home at the time, although the officer was advised that he would be arriving soon. And he did – although fled upon seeing police. The officer then visited the boy’s school, where the father reappeared – this time to frantically direct his son into the car before fleeing again. Talk about suspicious…

A determined officer was able to track the father down – a parolee, as it turns out – and recover the stolen machine. We expect this officer will reach the 300 recoveries mark soon – great work!

Quickest Recovery
Location: BC, Canada
Scenario: An auto theft left a BC customer without a laptop – but not for long. The computer came online the next day, allowing it to send valuable user and location information to the Absolute Monitoring Center. The Absolute Theft Recovery Team was able to positively identify the machine’s unauthorized user and whereabouts, and passed this information to police. Just 8 days later, police were able to recover the machine and return it to its rightful owner.

Least Believable Story
Location: CA, USA
Scenario: After a laptop was stolen from a school district’s office, Absolute was quick to identify its unauthorized user, who, of little coincidence, was employed by said district. Police followed up with the suspect by phone, only to have her adamantly deny having any laptop in her possession. Absolute’s evidence contradicted these claims however, spurring police to visit the suspect’s residence. Again, she denied any knowledge of the case, but was then presented with the evidence. Suddenly, her story changed.

This time, she actually did have the laptop in her possession – though it was not stolen, of course. A friend had found it, she alleged, in a trashcan. Conveniently, the power cord also happened to be in the same trashcan, making for a great find. Needless to say, police did not buy the story and charges will be laid. The laptop was recovered and returned – marking the 49th Computrace-equipped computer that the involved officer has recovered. 

Please note that indictments and criminal complaints are merely unproven accusations and the accused in all cases are presumed innocent until proven guilty.