Unlucky Thief Steals iPhone With Live GPS-Tracking App Running [Crime]

Jordan Sturm was probably stunned when her iPhone was suddenly snatched away by a motorcycle-riding thief. I know I was when the exact same thing happened to me-except unlike Jordan, I wasn\’t testing a live GPS-tracking app.

Apparently Jordan was in the course of testing out a product called Alert & Respond-that’s explained as being an app that enables for live GPS-tracking of an iPhone-when an unlucky thief decided to make her his victim. It didn\’t take the lady long to recover and phone her company who proceeded to steer law enforcement officials to the thief\’s exact location. The guy was arrested about ten minutes after his unlucky decision and booked for suspicion of grand theft and possession of stolen property.

I can\’t even imagine how satisfying it was for Jordan to monitor that arrest and get the iPhone back-mostly because the chubby bike-rider who took mine was never caught. [SF Gate]

The photo above was taken by richardmasoner and seriously isn’t of the thief in question but rather simply used for illustrative purposes.

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