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A home burglary left a Computrace LoJack for Laptops customer without her laptop. Less than one week later, the stolen laptop connected to the internet, allowing the Absolute Theft Recovery Team to begin work on recovery.

Absolute Recovery Officers were able to glean a recurrent username from the machine, and traced the laptop’s location to a nearby suburb. This information was passed on to police, who used it to obtain a search warrant for the identified residence.

In a fruitful search, police recovered more than just the stolen computer – over $2,000 in narcotics, $5,000 in firearms, and $3,000 in criminal proceeds were also seized. And if over $10,000 in recovered collateral was not enough, an established cock fighting game operation was uncovered in the home’s basement. Further investigation revealed that the suspect had a history of charges relating to underground game fights. 

The officer was happy to add to this criminal record; the suspect now faces charges of Receiving Stolen Property and Possession of Narcotics. Further charges in relation to the other findings are pending.

This is the second Computrace-equipped laptop that the involved officer has recovered (although notably, his first recovery was less exciting!). He remarked to an Absolute Recovery Officer that Computrace LoJack for Laptops is “a very handy piece of equipment”.

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

A LoJack for Laptops customer recently had his beloved laptop stolen after a vehicle break-in. He has shared his recovery story below:

On March 13th, I was on my way to work and found the back window of my Silverado broken and my LoJack for Laptops equipped Dell – along with my camera and iPod – missing. I immediately called the police and then Absolute Software to report the theft.

On March 25th, I got call informing me that Absolute had successfully led police to my laptop, and that it had been recovered from the suspect identified by the Absolute Theft Recovery Team. Police said that the suspect claimed to have purchased the laptop “on the open market”, and no charges were being filed until further investigation.

Upon receiving my laptop back, I was searching my browsing history and found that a past user had gone onto a manufacturer’s website for camera accessories – accessories for the very brand of camera that had been stolen from my truck. It just so happens that very few cameras of that make and model were sold in our area. I called the detective in charge of the case and informed him of this. He called the suspect and was given a line about checking out camera accessories for his sister. This afternoon, he called to inform me that he had recovered my camera along with many other stolen items, and that the suspect was in custody.

This would have never been possible without LoJack for Laptops protection. My first laptop was stolen and never recovered – it did not have LoJack for Laptops installed. Now I have my stolen laptop back and will never own another laptop without LoJack for Laptops.

Joe Stewart
Austin, Tx

A laptop equipped with Computrace began calling into the Absolute Monitoring Center just one day after it was stolen from a school computer lab. The Absolute Theft Recovery Team was then able to extract information on the laptop’s unauthorized user – enough details for police to identify a residence and visit the user’s home. Let the lies begin.

When police first visited the residence, the user’s roommate denied that the user lived there. Nope. The officer called the residence the next day and was able to speak to the user directly. She reluctantly agreed to meet up with the officer, after he expressed the serious nature of the call.

The two met, and when the officer first asked the user how she obtained the laptop, she claimed to have purchased it from a friend five years ago. Wrong. The laptop had been stolen from the school just weeks prior and was not even five years old.

When the officer questioned this initial story, the user suddenly became fuzzy on the details. Maybe she had purchased the laptop from the friend just a year and a half prior? No – that story didn’t work either. The school was still in possession of the laptop at that time. Try again.

Her story slowly adjusted, with several more stabs at an appropriate purchase time. Eventually, after several failed attempts, the user reached a more probable explanation. Despite the transaction seeming suspicious, she had traded some of her jewelry for the stolen laptop. Bingo - that’s the one.

Police continue to work with the user to identify the thief who passed it on. The laptop has been returned to the school and charges are pending.

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

An Albuquerque news station recently reported on a LoJack for Laptops success story, after the laptop security solution led police to the three suspects who had allegedly stolen over $40,000 worth of items in a home burglary. Click here to view the complete newscast.

Learn more about the Absolute Theft Recovery Process.

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