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Police Charge Teen In $24K In Damage To Soccer Field [GPS used]
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| 20-march-2008
Posted on 03/23/2008 9:39:58 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- Investigators said a Manalapan teenager was caught causing $24,800 worth of damage to a soccer field after the On-Star system in his car tipped off police that he was the culprit.
Authorities said the 17-year-old spun a 2007 GMC Denali to make "donuts" all over the soccer field at Saint Joseph's School located at 3300 S. Seacrest Blvd. in Boynton Beach on Nov.21, according to a police report.
Police used On-Star GPS records to link the teen to the scene at the time of the vandalism, according to the report.
A police subpoenae of OnStar documents revealed that the company received a "collision notification" and that an OnStar employee contacted the teen, whose voice was then recorded.
The 17-year-old is facing charges of reckless driving and criminal mischief.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: gps; leo; onstar; police; privacy; soccer
Onstar GPS used to catch him
To: stainlessbanner
FIrts thing they should do is give him a wood toupee.
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posted on
03/23/2008 9:42:41 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
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posted on
03/23/2008 9:44:55 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one recipe at a time http://www.youtube.com/Tamar1973)
To: Tamar1973
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posted on
03/23/2008 9:48:07 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: stainlessbanner
I guess OnStar notified the police of the car’s location after the car’s OnStar unit transmitted the “collision detected” signal. Whoops.
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posted on
03/23/2008 9:53:02 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: TChad
Hmm...I participated in similiar tomfoolery in my youth....this must be extra special grass
To: BurbankKarl
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posted on
03/23/2008 10:02:36 PM PDT
by
DB
To: BurbankKarl
24 Grand? It must have been smokable. I'm sure glad 55 and 57 Pontiacs didn't have GPS!
Somewhere, my old science teacher is smiling. He lived on a corner, and everyone used to "turf burn" though his yard.
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posted on
03/23/2008 10:05:58 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Slump Tester
You could get real sideways on a corner house.....or so I heard.
To: BurbankKarl
The grass is not so special. The stupidity of this moron tearing up property that is not his own is relevant and he should be liable for all damages and then some.
If it was your grass it would be special.
To: pissant; Tamar1973
FIrts thing they should do is give him a wood toupee. I think the phrase is 'wood shampoo" and I agree wholeheartedly...
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posted on
03/23/2008 10:21:47 PM PDT
by
Gigantor
(What gangs today are doing for the minorities, the Klu Klux Klan could only have dreamed of.)
To: BurbankKarl
LOL. Me too and yes it must be.
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posted on
03/23/2008 10:23:49 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: stainlessbanner
Before our annual hate-filled football game with arch-rival Boca Ciega High School in 1962, we snuck onto their field on Tuesday night and wrote “Screw BCHS” in huge letters on the grass with a herbicide.
By game time Saturday night, the big brown letters on the green grass were perfect.
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posted on
03/23/2008 10:33:10 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Leftists stop arguing when they see your patriotism, your logic, your CAR-15 and your block of C4.)
To: stainlessbanner
Just what kind of records would be available from Onstar? How long do they keep them? Are we talking GPS fixes here, or cell tower triangulation records? (Difference being, the former might place him in the middle of the soccer field, while the latter would just indicate he was in the neighborhood.)
My concern here is whether Onstar maintains accurate tracking history on all Onstar subscribers, or was this vehicle stolen so as to be the object of an LE search aided by Onstar.
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posted on
03/23/2008 11:03:26 PM PDT
by
RhoTheta
("I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you." NOT!)
To: MindBender26
>By game time Saturday night...
You guys rock! =)
“Wild at Heart” ... wrong as sin, but wild.
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posted on
03/23/2008 11:37:34 PM PDT
by
ROTB
(Front Runner=rich guy who doesn't hate evil and strives to offend no one, & WILL SELL YOU OUT.)
To: BurbankKarl
I participated in similiar tomfoolery in my youth... I recall only one donut-making night, in a dirt parking area. We had to wash the car afterward, the dust was terrible. Whoopee.
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posted on
03/24/2008 5:18:22 PM PDT
by
TChad
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