Tecumseh Police Use LeadsOnline to Catch Thief Stealing from City Manager
Tecumseh, OK (PRWEB) November 22, 2013 -- Police have recovered over $3,000 worth of property that was allegedly stolen by a man to pay for his bond from a previous burglary arrest. Tecumseh Police Department has filed charges with the Poptawatomie County District Attorney’s office to request a warrant for the arrest of the Shawnee, Okla. man who is wanted for allegedly burglarizing the home of Tecumseh’s city manager. Investigators were able to identify the suspect because of the nationwide search capabilities of LeadsOnline.
Anthony Smith allegedly cut the electricity before burglarizing the detached garage of the Tecumseh’s city manager on Sept. 21. Tecumseh Police worked with Shawnee Police Department to identify Smith as a suspect from a similar burglary that took place in Shawnee prior to Sept. 21. LeadsOnline alerted Tecumseh Police on Nov. 17 when the suspect sold some of the stolen property to a business in Shawnee. After questioning Smith, Tecumseh Police received a full confession.
“Without LeadsOnline we never would have had enough evidence to bring the suspect in,” said Major JR Kidney of Tecumseh Police Department. “LeadsOnline was very instrumental in leading us to the suspect in order to get the confession and the victim’s property back.”
LeadsOnline is a nationwide system used by law enforcement to track stolen property that may have been sold across city, county and even state line. More than 50 agencies in Oklahoma and more than 2,750 agencies nationwide use LeadsOnline to instantly search for stolen property that may have been sold at secondhand stores, pawn shops, internet drop off stores, or scrap metal recyclers, across all 50 states.
“Anytime you get a burglar off the street it makes your citizens feel more at ease,” Major Kidney said. “Anytime you can return stolen property though, that’s definitely what it’s all about, because so many times in these burglaries people don’t get their property back.”
Police were able to recover all $3,000 worth of property stolen. According to police, Smith claimed he was stealing and selling the property in order to pay for his bond from a previous burglary charge.
Smith has been charged with second degree burglary and police have requested a warrant for his arrest through the Poptawatomie County District Attorney’s office. He will also face a felony charge of false declarations of a pawn ticket by Shawnee Police. Information in this release is in reference to Tecumseh Police Department case number 1309210795.
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About LeadsOnline:
LeadsOnline (http://www.leadsonline.com) is the nation’s largest online investigative system used by more than 4,700 law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes. Each day, millions of items are added to the LeadsOnline database by businesses including secondhand stores, scrap metal recyclers, pawn shops, and Internet drop-off stores across all 50 states. Those records are instantly available to law enforcement agencies. The LeadsOnline system serves as an efficient and money-saving resource for detectives because it provides a cross-jurisdictional, instantaneous, and accurate database that stops criminals from escaping detection by selling stolen items in another city. An official eBay partner, LeadsOnline helps prevent illegal transactions on the eBay website by giving law enforcement access to the world’s largest online marketplace through automatic upload of all eBay transactions into the LeadsOnline database. LeadsOnline also includes LeadsOnlabs, a system for tracking those involved in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamines; a Metal Theft Investigation System designed to track copper and other metal thefts; and cross-checks names of pawn customers against the OFAC SDN list of known terrorists and narcotics traffickers. Each year, LeadsOnline is credited with recovering millions of dollars in stolen goods and solving thousands of crimes that are often associated with bigger crimes, such as homicide, identity theft, and arson. Based in Dallas and led by CEO Dave Finley, LeadsOnline works with thousands of agencies throughout the country, including the New York City Police Department, Chicago Police Department, the Dallas Police Department, and the San Francisco Police Department.
Lindsay Williams, LeadsOnline, +1 972-331-8766, [email protected]
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