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DJGM
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17 May, 2005 3:10 pm "Burgled mum finds stolen iPod on eBay" [sdp=57259]  
A woman in the USA, who was the victim of a burglary, was advised to look on eBay for her stolen items
which included an iPod inscribed with songwords, and an iBook. Lo and behold, she tracked them down
as eBay items being sold by the same brazen chav that stole them in the first place! The chav has
been charged with numerous counts of burglary, and is awaiting trial . . .

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Burgled mum finds stolen iPod on eBay
By John Leyden

Published Tuesday 17th May 2005 10:56 GMT

A US mum tracked down a thief who burgled her home after the ill-gotten gains were
offered for sale on eBay. Karen Todd, a US Census Bureau computer programmer,
spotted a personally-inscribed iPod on the auction site weeks after it
was robbed from her Washington DC area home.

Todd's home was burgled on 7 April. Thieves made off with an Apple iBook laptop,
a digital camera, an amethyst dinner ring inherited from Todd's grandmother and
the iPod. The latter, a Christmas gift from Todd to her husband Dan, was
inscribed with lyrics from the song Have a Little Faith in Me, by John Hiatt.



More at TheRegister.co.uk . . .

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Antony
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17 May, 2005 5:14 pm [sdp=57262]  
this is very interesting.

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quilterk
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10 Jun, 2005 10:54 am Burgled mum finds stolen iPod on eBay [sdp=58785]  
I wasn't ADVISED to look on ebay, I just did it on my own!

I found it on the 3rd or 4th try.

k-

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jillpmcd
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05 Jul, 2005 6:17 am glad you found your stuff [sdp=60008]  
It's an awful feeling to know that strangers have been through your things.
Love that John Hiatt song!

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