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iPhone stolen in Houston Airport, thief added me on facebook. WTF?

There are some amazingly frightening, insane and deeply twisted people in this world. No, I am not referring to either the OP or "Kassie." More referring to people who, in response to this, think the following punishments are warranted:

1) Life-altering criminal record
2) Online harassment
3) Prison
4) ...and worse

Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.

By the way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. That's a pretty freaking significant distinction that's being glossed over in your rush to condemn and punish a teenage girl.
 
And she knows who it belongs to cuz she added him on FB. Don't forget he's asked her to return it and she just ignored him

Actions have consequences...the sooner you learn that the better. He gave her a chance to return it, she ignored him so he's going to the police.

Is he supposed to just let her keep it? Lol
 
ginsengbomb said:
There are some amazingly frightening, insane and deeply twisted people in this world. No, I am not referring to either the OP or "Kassie." More referring to people who, in response to this, think the following punishments are warranted:

1) Life-altering criminal record
2) Online harassment
3) Prison
4) ...and worse

Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.

By the way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. That's a pretty freaking significant distinction that's being glossed over in your rush to condemn and punish a teenage girl.
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You play you pay. ;)
 
ginsengbomb said:
By the he way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. That's a pretty freaking significant distinction that's being glossed over in your rush to condemn and punish a teenage girl.
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How is this not stealing? You find a phone. You make an effort to see who it belongs to. It's a phone with contact numbers that she could have called to find out who the owner is.

She did none of these things. That's stealing.
 
timerollson said:
How is this not stealing? You find a phone. You make an effort to see who it belongs to. It's a phone with contact numbers that she could have called to find out who it belonged to.

She did none of these things. That's stealing.
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she also talked about taking out the SIM card so it couldn't be tracked...
 
ginsengbomb said:
There are some amazingly frightening, insane and deeply twisted people in this world. No, I am not referring to either the OP or "Kassie." More referring to people who, in response to this, think the following punishments are warranted:

1) Life-altering criminal record
2) Online harassment
3) Prison
4) ...and worse

Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.

By the way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. That's a pretty freaking significant distinction that's being glossed over in your rush to condemn and punish a teenage girl.
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There is no distinction in the law of many states between "found" property and "stolen". She is in possession of an item that she did not pay for and that was not gifted to her. She has declined to return it to the rightful owner though she clearly knew enough to track him down. That's possession of stolen property, and yes, that's a crime.

If we were talking a nine year old, I might agree with you. But by the time you hit your teenage years, you're plenty old enough to know right from wrong, and it's clear at this point that she deserves any punishment the law sees fit to provide. Better that she learn actions have consequences NOW before she escalates to worse crimes.
 
chanjobe1@gmail said:
She lives in a city called Orange.

No updates so far. I haven't been able to confirm which address the girl lives at, and I'm not going to give the address over to police until I'm 100% certain that it she's there. I'd really hate to send them out to the wrong house.
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OP, it's not your job to confirm the girls address. Speaking from a law enforcement standpoint, file a police report, provide the FB information to detectives and let them subpoena FB and then the ISP for the suspect's address. This is the right way to handle the situation. If HPD (or your local police) blows you off, then contact Harris County SO (or your local sheriff's office). If they are doing their job, it shouldn't take but a day or two to determine the address of the FB user and then they can have a little chat with her.

If you continue to play vigilante justice, you are going to end up losing out on any chance to recover your phone. My two cents.
 
ginsengbomb said:
There are some amazingly frightening, insane and deeply twisted people in this world. No, I am not referring to either the OP or "Kassie." More referring to people who, in response to this, think the following punishments are warranted:

1) Life-altering criminal record
2) Online harassment
3) Prison
4) ...and worse

Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.

By the way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. That's a pretty freaking significant distinction that's being glossed over in your rush to condemn and punish a teenage girl.
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I feel your pain, but I guess it is pretty easy to avoid all those consequences. Don't steal people's stuff!

And like the others said, it sounds like she knew what she was doing. Looking at the careful way she worded it when she said she "'found' it LOL" and her talking about taking the SIM out means she at the very least knows she did something wrong. If her story talked about how she went to airport security and they said keep it it would be one thing (of course, they would not say that) but she apparently did not give a crap about the things she was doing to someone else.
 
chanjobe1@gmail said:
She lives in a city called Orange.

No updates so far. I haven't been able to confirm which address the girl lives at, and I'm not going to give the address over to police until I'm 100% certain that it she's there. I'd really hate to send them out to the wrong house.
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Going to an address is for the police to decide, not you. All you need to do is give the authorities all of the information you have and let them do whatever they need to do. But frankly, you're an idiot because you haven't done this yet and it's been more than a few weeks. I don't feel sorry for you and if you refuse to do anything, then maybe the phone is better in her hands than yours.
 
It's up to the police to figure out her address, not you. That's their job.

And to ginseng, she didn't find a bag of potato chips. She found someone's iPhone. The minute she decided to not return it or even attempt to return it (she was at an airport, for crying outloud) is the minute she turned into a criminal. If you feel pity for her while she CONTINUES to knowingly use stolen property, then that's your prerogative. However, if a 16 year old steals something of yours, I expect that you'll smile and thank them for being young and taking your property.
 
timerollson said:
Exactly. I'm really wondering if the definition of stealing has changed in 2010 because people have a really ****ed up idea of what it is.
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I found this Lexus on the street. Just parked there. No one was around, so I didn't know whose it was, so I just took it.
 
This thread is going to go on until we hear that this girl got busted...

or we all die of old age.
 
ginsengbomb said:
There are some amazingly frightening, insane and deeply twisted people in this world. No, I am not referring to either the OP or "Kassie." More referring to people who, in response to this, think the following punishments are warranted:

1) Life-altering criminal record
2) Online harassment
3) Prison
4) ...and worse

Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.
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My heart bleeds. :rolleyes:
 
Screw the police, find where she lives, wait for her to leave, break in, steal something of equal value, and leave a note saying "That's what you get for stealing my phone, bitch."

Or, open the door and take it from her and slam the door.
 
ginsengbomb said:
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Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.

By the way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. ...
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If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. My heart bleeds. Seriously.

As for finding an obviously lost item and keeping it, that is theft, and both you and the OP are perhaps being naïve: it is entirely possible the phone was taken rather than lost. Moreover, if Kassie-the-thief hasn't figured out but the time she's a teenager that theft is illegal and immoral, then obviously she needs a harder lesson in life than she's had.

My daughter had a similar experience to this OP - she got on a bus and when she got off the bus her phone was missing. We located the phone and called it to provide the person with the details to return it. A women answered and promised to return the phone. They never did and instead actively disabled the locating feature on the phone. My daughter was very upset to lose her contacts and pictures she had on it, and for the first time in her life my daughter expressed bitterness about people. My point is that teenagers are often the ones who are hurt most by phone theft. They can afford it the least. Being easy on poor ol' teenager Kassie might help her, but creating an environment where phone theft is tolerated will hurt many more teenagers.
 
ginsengbomb said:
There are some amazingly frightening, insane and deeply twisted people in this world. No, I am not referring to either the OP or "Kassie." More referring to people who, in response to this, think the following punishments are warranted:

1) Life-altering criminal record
2) Online harassment
3) Prison
4) ...and worse

Speaking as someone who is familiar with the pain that can be inflicted by having a criminal record for even a minor misdemeanor -- and how difficult it is to get your record "sealed" even if your case is outright dismissed -- you people are either deeply sadistic or have no idea what the punishments you're suggesting actually entail.

By the way, I note with continued interest after reading this entire thread that it looks an awful lot like this girl FOUND the phone and didn't STEAL it. That's a pretty freaking significant distinction that's being glossed over in your rush to condemn and punish a teenage girl.
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She's already said she's keeping it. That counts as theft. If you find something that doesn't belong to you and just keep it rather than contacting the local authorities that is theft in most countries.
 
exactly the same thing happened to me,

my ipod touch was stolen, next day the guy added me on facebook! idiot


the money is coming back to me this week :) score
 
If you had a mobile me subscription you could use find my iPhone, and it show you on a map where you iPhone is at and you can also remotely lock, or remotely wipe it clean. If you remotely wipe it then the find my iPhone feature will not work. But if do remotely wipe it and get the phone back and just restore it from backup and you will be back to normal
 
OP and story are full of smoke, too bad you're all falling for it.
He wants you to believe he has the girls name and knows she stole, with proof, and yet he doesn't want to call the cops? Come on! Stop giving this thread too much attention and it's 15 pages - it's just silly. Silly I tell ya!
 
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