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California woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief

https://apnews.com/article/airtag-mail-theft-apple-california-bf1f993430216f23efd1528ec0f6a19a

California woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief

A California woman tired of packages being stolen from her post office mailbox mailed herself an Apple AirTag to track the thieves. That's according to officials Tuesday, who arrested the two suspects after the woman's mail was stolen again.
AP News
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Thomas Barrett 👨‍💻
Thomas Barrett 👨‍💻
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Yeah for the sheriff's office, but isn't messing with the Post Office a federal crime? In that case, I would just roll on the floor laughing!
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Dave Wilburn :donor:
Dave Wilburn :donor:
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the shocking thing here is that she got the cops to actually do something about it.
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Shark Attak
Shark Attak
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Just one thing, why did she have to act on her own? Postal or regular police didn't have time?
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Peter Bindels
Peter Bindels
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Tech company offers way for people to deal with American dystopia, news at 11?
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SpaceLifeForm
SpaceLifeForm
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An interesting use case.

Obviously, the thief was not very smart.

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cseiler
cseiler
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Interesting to me that the Sheriff's office investigated and brought charges. Seems like Postal Inspectors could have thrown the book at them with federal charges, but they may be overwhelmed.
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John Brewer
John Brewer
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The dude who broke into my storage unit swiped my suitcase to carry the valuables. Of course my suitcase is AirTagged for travel purposes. A few hours later I was walking through a mini-warehouse lot with some undercover cops until I saw a guy walk out of one of the buildings carrying a box labeled in my handwriting. Cops took over from there.
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Paul Chernoff
Paul Chernoff
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I should do that since only 50% of the mail sent to me ever reaches me. But the usps always delivers packages to me with no problems.
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