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Hinsdale police on Wednesday used Apple technology to locate a man’s stolen laptop and arrest the alleged thief.
About 1 p.m. Wednesday, an employee working for a business located in the commercial office building at 15 Spinning Wheel reported his 17-inch Apple Macbook Pro valued at $4,500 was stolen while he was at lunch and last using it in a conference room. The office was left unoccupied for about 30 minutes.
Using built-in electronic locating services, police learned the computer was actively being used in Addison. About 5 p.m., Hinsdale and Addison police took the suspect into custody as he tried to flee out the rear door of a residence barefoot while holding the stolen Macbook in hand, police said.
Richard Leon, 59, of 102 S. Villa Ave., Addison, was charged with one felony count of burglary and one felony count of theft. Leon had no authorized purpose to be in the office building from which the laptop was stolen, police said.
This is the second local case in the past six months in which this sort of technology has been used to apprehend suspects. In October, Hinsdale police recovered a stolen vehicle by using locating services on the victim’s iPhone, which had been inside the car at the time of the theft.
Police advise that many locating services are pre-installed on Apple products, but device owners need to activate the services. Software applications also are now available for Windows PC users.
Hinsdale police on Wednesday used Apple technology to locate a man’s stolen laptop and arrest the alleged thief.
About 1 p.m. Wednesday, an employee working for a business located in the commercial office building at 15 Spinning Wheel reported his 17-inch Apple Macbook Pro valued at $4,500 was stolen while he was at lunch and last using it in a conference room. The office was left unoccupied for about 30 minutes.
Using built-in electronic locating services, police learned the computer was actively being used in Addison. About 5 p.m., Hinsdale and Addison police took the suspect into custody as he tried to flee out the rear door of a residence barefoot while holding the stolen Macbook in hand, police said.
Richard Leon, 59, of 102 S. Villa Ave., Addison, was charged with one felony count of burglary and one felony count of theft. Leon had no authorized purpose to be in the office building from which the laptop was stolen, police said.
This is the second local case in the past six months in which this sort of technology has been used to apprehend suspects. In October, Hinsdale police recovered a stolen vehicle by using locating services on the victim’s iPhone, which had been inside the car at the time of the theft.
Police advise that many locating services are pre-installed on Apple products, but device owners need to activate the services. Software applications also are now available for Windows PC users.
