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Dumbass steals, contacts victim, gets caught

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Gamepolitics wrote: When his Xbox 360, Apple PowerBook and flat-screen TV were stolen in a recent break-in, Jesse McPherson (left) had no inkling that gamers from around the world would band together to hunt down the thieves.

Frustrated by what he said was a lack of police response, McPherson began a bit of his own sleuthing and found that someone had tried to sell his PowerBook at a nearby pawn shop. As the Philadelphia Daily News reports, the big break in the case came after McPherson’s coworkers chipped in to buy him a new 360. When he logged on to Xbox Live, one of the thieves began taunting him and even left voice messages offering to sell the stolen console back to McPherson.

When McPherson posted the story of the brazen - but not especially clever - thief on Digg, the gaming community too notice and swung into action. Armed with the crook’s Xbox Live GamerTag, they found his online photo collection, his self-made rap video on YouTube and even his real name, address and phone number.

The thief soon found himself targeted by an onslaught of gamers who filled his accounts with nasty messages and called his house continually. One gamer in England even posted an audio file of a conversation he had with the crook’s mother. Eventually, the pressure became too great and McPherson’s 360 and his PowerBook were returned to him. The police made a fingerprint match and were preparing to arrest two suspects.
There's a video in the link, which makes it even more hilarious.
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Incredible, internet vigilantism wins! And, well, it's no surprise the idiot thief was all "gangsta".
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Shroom Man 777 wrote:Incredible, internet vigilantism wins! And, well, it's no surprise the idiot thief was all "gangsta".
Not just gangsta, but 16 year old gangsta. I found his self-made videos (you can find by searching his screenname: kingsike11 on youtube). I can safely say they are some of the worst things you'll ever hear.
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Davis 51 wrote:
Shroom Man 777 wrote:Incredible, internet vigilantism wins! And, well, it's no surprise the idiot thief was all "gangsta".
Not just gangsta, but 16 year old gangsta. I found his self-made videos (you can find by searching his screenname: kingsike11 on youtube). I can safely say they are some of the worst things you'll ever hear.
I agree. For a moment I felt like punching him.

For the other moments, I felt an urgent need to shake him by his shoulders and yell "What's wrong with you, boy?!"
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I'm trying to figure out how this kid had enough brain cells to steal this stuff in the first place. If the heist was more complicated then smash window and take stuff then this would seem beyond him.
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