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DVDBack23 @ Dec 28, 2009 05:58 | 33 comments

Jeremiah Gilliam of the Bronx has been arrested today after police officers found dozens of laptops, GPS devices and video game consoles in his apartment. How did the cops find him? Because he tried playing one of the stolen Xbox 360s online and signed in using the Xbox Live account saved on the system.

The youth whose Xbox had been stolen, was playing online at a friend's house and saw his own Xbox Live name sign in, prompting the family to call the police who then traced the IP address back to the address where Gilliam was staying.

The criminal was under investigation already for 13 robberies, and police suspect he broke into as many as 200 cars and homes in Westchester County.

"On the day of the burglary, the victim used another Xbox and saw his system was already online," said one of the arresting officers. "At the house, we found Xboxes, PlayStations, GPS units, laptops -- a total of 53 items, including stolen credit cards."

Gilliam has been charged with grand larceny.

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Comment by: DXR88 (Dec 28, 2009 20:27)

my IP is based in Europe, i live in Florida. anyway stupid stupid thief. Steal and Pawn is a tactic seen where i live. i always carve my name into the molding for verification.

Comment by: LissenUp (Dec 28, 2009 22:44)

Originally posted by jony218:
Luckily he wasn't caught uploading mp3/video's then he would really be in a lot of trouble. At most he will get a slap on the wrist and no fine.
That is how the justice system works.

No more retarded comments please.

Slap on the wrist..........No.

Just because the justice system often does NOT work for serious cases doesn't mean that a concrete case with concrete evidence such as this will result in a "slap on the wrist". This isn't Holland.

Now wake up and smell the reality coffee. Grand larceny is anything over 5 grand and this is WAY over 5 which will stick him in prison for a couple years at least. Maybe he'll get out after 1.5 years.

"How the justice system works"........pppffffftttt

Comment by: LissenUp (Dec 28, 2009 22:48)

Originally posted by DXR88:
my IP is based in Europe, i live in Florida. anyway stupid stupid thief. Steal and Pawn is a tactic seen where i live. i always carve my name into the molding for verification.

Using a proxy............thanks. Now we all know and so do others who might try to find you if you're doing anything illegal. In fact.........if you are, they'll start searching now and "Ip based in Europe" will not help you smartass. Besides........proxies rarely work as they state but I'm sure you'll adamantly say yours does and switches every...............what...............second??

Nonsense.

Comment by: cyprusrom (Dec 28, 2009 22:52)

Mine switches twice in a second...

Comment by: LissenUp (Dec 28, 2009 23:24)

Originally posted by cyprusrom:
Mine switches twice in a second...

Doens't matter as a static IP is still asigned to you from somewhere. Technology has made it so that investigators can trace through the root signal and IF you're using an ISP that performs this for you then, well..........no ISP has enough physical resources to issue a different IP address every half second. You will recycle over and over leaving you vulnerable and proxies only a "nuisance" to investigators.

Let's pretend though. You'd go through 172800 IPs a day or 63 million a year. Companies the size of Comcast maybe but they ain't doin that.

Comment by: cyprusrom (Dec 28, 2009 23:28)

I forgot to enter the "sarcasm" sign...it was meant to be funny. I am smiling right now,Just not showing it.
I got nothing to hide, when I do, I just leech on one of my neighbors net...

Comment by: LissenUp (Dec 28, 2009 23:37)

Originally posted by cyprusrom:
I forgot to enter the "sarcasm" sign...it was meant to be funny. I am smiling right now,Just not showing it.
I got nothing to hide, when I do, I just leech on one of my neighbors net...

HA HA HA.........the BEST proxy in the world. Good man/woman.

Or........drive around and look for them. So many dumb people with unsecured networks or those still using WEP.

Comment by: cyprusrom (Dec 28, 2009 23:44)

Yeah, there are some people that don't know much about encrypting their wi-fi...I never had the need to, but it would certainly be no problem, plenty available in my vicinity...Even more when I tested a Sunday DIY project, a nice cantenna..

Comment by: B33rdrnkr (Dec 29, 2009 02:51)

format format format... Shithead..

Comment by: DXR88 (Dec 29, 2009 03:11)

Quote:
Originally posted by DXR88:
my IP is based in Europe, i live in Florida. anyway stupid stupid thief. Steal and Pawn is a tactic seen where i live. i always carve my name into the molding for verification.
Using a proxy............thanks. Now we all know and so do others who might try to find you if you're doing anything illegal. In fact.........if you are, they'll start searching now and "Ip based in Europe" will not help you smartass. Besides........proxies rarely work as they state but I'm sure you'll adamantly say yours does and switches every...............what...............second??

Nonsense.

i wouldn't waist my time with a proxy. my IP is Dynamic not Static so it switches about every 2 weeks.

i was making a statement, but your character is really shrewd.

Comment by: KillerBug (Dec 29, 2009 05:12)

Quote:
Or........drive around and look for them. So many dumb people with unsecured networks or those still using WEP.

Wardriving is more dangerous than texting while driving. Build a double biquad dish with a stepper motor base and you can scan from home!

Comment by: bomber991 (Dec 29, 2009 05:29)

Quote:
Quote:
Originally posted by DXR88:
my IP is based in Europe, i live in Florida. anyway stupid stupid thief. Steal and Pawn is a tactic seen where i live. i always carve my name into the molding for verification.
Using a proxy............thanks. Now we all know and so do others who might try to find you if you're doing anything illegal. In fact.........if you are, they'll start searching now and "Ip based in Europe" will not help you smartass. Besides........proxies rarely work as they state but I'm sure you'll adamantly say yours does and switches every...............what...............second??

Nonsense.
i wouldn't waist my time with a proxy. my IP is Dynamic not Static so it switches about every 2 weeks.

i was making a statement, but your character is really shrewd.

Here's how it works:
ISP gives you your dynamic IP that you have for the next 2 weeks. You do something illegal and that dynamic IP is logged by whoever is hunting you down. They go to your ISP with the IP address and date/time it was used. ISP looks at its logs and determines it was you. Using a proxy? Well then, they go there first and follow the same procedure.

Comment by: KillerBug (Dec 29, 2009 08:02)

Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Originally posted by DXR88:
my IP is based in Europe, i live in Florida. anyway stupid stupid thief. Steal and Pawn is a tactic seen where i live. i always carve my name into the molding for verification.
Using a proxy............thanks. Now we all know and so do others who might try to find you if you're doing anything illegal. In fact.........if you are, they'll start searching now and "Ip based in Europe" will not help you smartass. Besides........proxies rarely work as they state but I'm sure you'll adamantly say yours does and switches every...............what...............second??

Nonsense.
i wouldn't waist my time with a proxy. my IP is Dynamic not Static so it switches about every 2 weeks.

i was making a statement, but your character is really shrewd.
Here's how it works:
ISP gives you your dynamic IP that you have for the next 2 weeks. You do something illegal and that dynamic IP is logged by whoever is hunting you down. They go to your ISP with the IP address and date/time it was used. ISP looks at its logs and determines it was you. Using a proxy? Well then, they go there first and follow the same procedure.

That realy depends on the proxy...the good ones are completely anonymous...to the point that they could not help law enforcement if they wanted to. If you think your IP has already been compromised, you can set your wifi router to not have a password...that way you can always claim that it was a war driver or a neighbor.

Comment by: garmoon (Dec 29, 2009 12:55)

at least in jail, he won't be procreating!

Comment by: atomicxl (Dec 29, 2009 14:38)

Anyone who breaks into someone's house is human garbage imo. They should take this guy out back and shoot him. I'm glad he got caught.

I have to say that i'm honestly shocked that the Afterdawn community didn't come out in support of the burglar and say that his privacy was violated by using his IP address to track him. I'm even more surprised that an article mentioning an ISP didn't somehow end up as comment wars about bandwidth throttling or something along those lines.

Comment by: cyprusrom (Dec 29, 2009 14:46)

Originally posted by atomicxl:

I have to say that i'm honestly shocked that the Afterdawn community didn't come out in support of the burglar and say that his privacy was violated by using his IP address to track him. I'm even more surprised that an article mentioning an ISP didn't somehow end up as comment wars about bandwidth throttling or something along those lines.

Do you need a glass of water, a muscle relaxant or something, to regain your composure?)))

Comment by: atomicxl (Dec 29, 2009 16:53)

Quote:
Originally posted by atomicxl:

I have to say that i'm honestly shocked that the Afterdawn community didn't come out in support of the burglar and say that his privacy was violated by using his IP address to track him. I'm even more surprised that an article mentioning an ISP didn't somehow end up as comment wars about bandwidth throttling or something along those lines.

Do you need a glass of water, a muscle relaxant or something, to regain your composure?)))

honestly =/= literally

Grab a dictionary... you'll see.

Comment by: cyprusrom (Dec 29, 2009 17:01)

Originally posted by atomicxl:

honestly =/= literally

Grab a dictionary... you'll see.

~))) I got this cool thing in FireFox, I double click any word on a web page and it automatically opens in a dictionary(dictionary.com)...is the cat's meow, the coolest thing since sliced bread!!!

Comment by: marrix (Dec 30, 2009 14:06)

"Anyone who breaks into someone's house is human garbage imo. They should take this guy out back and shoot him. I'm glad he got caught."
What a GOOSE, if you are in China my friend they may well shoot you for your even thinking this! Yet, then again this is the type of regime you would enjoy, except perhaps when it may directly impact on you and yours!!!
DUMMY!!!

Comment by: garmoon (Dec 30, 2009 16:25)

You come into my house with intent to rob or do harm to my family, you will be shot to death, as ye cross the threshold or sill. There will be no trial.

Comment by: cyprusrom (Dec 30, 2009 16:47)

Originally posted by garmoon:
You come into my house with intent to rob or do harm to my family, you will be shot to death, as ye cross the threshold or sill. There will be no trial.

If it happens and you shot him before he crosses, just drag'em inside...What is sickening is when people have to justify in front of the law for trying to protect themselves and their family in their own house.
"Oh, why did you shoot him, he didn't mean to harm anyone, just wanted to steal your toilet plunger". I will protect my plunger with your life, you scumbag!

Comment by: ASmith123 (Jan 07, 2010 06:21)

Prevention is very important step to protect your apartment. If you make your

dwelling look and sound occupied, the burglar will be discouraged to break and

enter. I have been using extremely effective security invention, a burglar

deterrent CD, that has household sounds recorded. Site is www.SuperDeterrent.com.
I play this CD every day when I leave to work. I have used it when I went on

vacation last year as well.

Comment by: chrialex (Jan 07, 2010 14:56)

Quote:
Originally posted by garmoon:
You come into my house with intent to rob or do harm to my family, you will be shot to death, as ye cross the threshold or sill. There will be no trial.

If it happens and you shot him before he crosses, just drag'em inside...What is sickening is when people have to justify in front of the law for trying to protect themselves and their family in their own house.
"Oh, why did you shoot him, he didn't mean to harm anyone, just wanted to steal your toilet plunger". I will protect my plunger with your life, you scumbag!

If you use a shotgun, he might be a lil ways away from the door when he hits the ground, not to mention a tad messy. But as long as you can articulate it right, you should be fine.

Oh, and next time I need to do an emergency plunge, I will be doubly sure to knock politely, ring the doorbell, call, email, text and everything else before pounding on your door demanding your plunger. Haven't laughed that hard all week, thanks!

Do what you can while its still questionably Legal, before it becomes UNQuestionably ILLegal.
chrialex

Comment by: garmoon (Jan 07, 2010 19:06)

@ASmith123

I bet your apartment neighbors just love listening to the noise from your apt all day while you're gone to work. It's got to be so loud so the felon can hear it from outside your apt. Maybe that's a good thing, because thief has to choose door #1 , 2 , or 3. A wrong choice could be lethal.

Comment by: ASmith123 (Jan 15, 2010 14:24)

@qarmoon.
thanks for your comment! actually, the sounds from the burglar deterrent CD are ordinary household sounds from the kitchen, bathroom, etc, and can not be heard by neighbors through the wall! They can be heard only if you are outside the front door, listening, as a potential burglar will do when checking the apartment for occupancy. These sounds will instantly alarm burglar that someone is home. I have found that www.superdeterrent.com actually did quite nice job with this idea.

If you want to play burglar deterrent CD ONLY when a motion is detected outside the door, I have found an article that explains how to do it, here: "Playing a Burglar Deterrent CD Only When a Motion is Detected Using a Webcam as a Motion Sensor".