Success Stories: Property Crime

"Many thanks to LeadsOnline for providing the means to identify a ring of thieves burglarizing homes in San Antonio and for helping us recover approximately $10,000 in electronics! The ease of use and details provided in the searchable database made the arrests and recovery possible with just a few clicks of the mouse. LeadsOnline is by far one of the best tools invented for a property crimes investigator."

Det. Robert Sedillo
San Antonio Police Department
Texas

"With a big assistance from LeadsOnline, I was able to recover over 200 hundred Blu-ray discs (valued at $5,000) that were stolen from our Public Library. The suspect was arrested due in no small part to LeadsOnline."

Sgt. Chase Nagle
Vestavia Hills Police Department
Alabama

"Schools and churches on the north and northwest side's of Chicago were being burglarized. Based on witness accounts, detectives in the Major Case Squad were able to determine a male and female suspect, and their residence was put on surveillance until they were caught in the act of burglarizing a Chicago public high school. During interviews, we learned they were heroin addicts with very little recollections of the places they had previously burglarized. Using LeadsOnline, detectives discovered proceeds from an additional seven burglaries, and we were able to recover and return a considerable amount of property to the schools and churches. Thanks for your products and services – it made our job easier."

Detective Sergeant Philip L. Cappitelli
Chicago Police Department
Financial Crimes Unit / Major Case Squad
Illinois

7:45 - Started coffee.
7:50 - Reviewed last night's reports.
8:00 - Read report of larceny: jewelry. Roommate listed as suspect.
Checked LeadsOnline.
8:15 - Listed suspect pawned stolen jewelry day after moving out.
Case closed.
8:16 - Coffee still warm.

Sgt. Daniel Serrano
Westland Police Department
Detective Bureau
Michigan

"The West Carroll Sheriff's Department entered several stolen guns in the LeadsOnline stolen items watch list, and as a result, we received a hit confirming that an individual had pawned five stolen firearms in a pawn shop in Morehouse Parish. That information allowed us to clear 21 burglaries that had occurred in our Parish over a three month period. Thank you very much LeadsOnline for a tremendous resource and a great tool to help in our fight against crime."

Chief Deputy Kenneth Green
West Carroll Sheriff's Department
Louisiana

"You guys are the true rock stars... I recovered the proceeds of another residential burglary yesterday thanks to LeadsOnline. I searched for the victim's stolen items through LeadsOnline yesterday while I was speaking with the victim on the phone. I was then able to work into the conversation that I had located her items at a local pawn shop which made her extremely happy. Thank you guys for making my job so much easier!"

Det. Sean Vazquez
City of Northlake Police Department
Illinois

"I was investigating a residential burglary in which jewelry was taken. The suspect was the maid, and she denied any knowledge or involvement in the theft. Fortunately I ran the maid's name in LeadsOnline prior to the interview and discovered she recently pawned a large amount of jewelry. When confronted with this information, she broke down and admitted to the theft. If the information provided by LeadsOnline was not available, this case would not have been solved."

Det. Cpl. Michael Melton
Los Gatos Police Department
California

"I received an e-mail from LeadsOnline about a listed person of interest. I looked into the matter and discovered the person had sold a firearm to a local pawn store. The person of interest was a convicted felon and had no reason or legal authority to be in possession of the firearm. A hold was placed on the firearm. The person of interest was arrested for felon in possession of a firearm, a second degree felony in Florida and also charged with providing fraudulent information to a pawn broker (He was selling the gun for a friend who had no ID). This is a third degree felony as the value was under $300. LeadsOnline helped us secure a convicted felon in the county jail and hopefully prison. By the way, the person of interest was also one of our copper thieves. This was a win-win scenario as it allowed us to get one of many copper thieves off the streets. Thanks LeadsOnline!"

Sgt. Donald Howe
Crestview Police Department
Florida

"As a Property Crimes Detective, I was assigned seven burglaries that occured over a period of 48 hours. With no initial leads in the case, I turned to LeadsOnline hoping that the suspects would pawn the property. Eventually they pawned the stolen property and ultimately sealed their own fate. Without LeadsOnline, I most likely would not have developed any suspects. With LeadsOnline, I broke up a sophisticated burglary ring and sent two qualified convicts back to prison. I thank you, and the citizens of Orange County who were victims are grateful as well."

Sgt. Roman Zelgowski
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Texas

"I use this system on a daily basis as part of my investigative process, and it is one of the best tools I have at my disposal! Recently, Detective David Spurgeon and I used LeadsOnline to research a suspect we had developed while investigating residential burglaries. Upon running a 60 day search, we discovered the suspect had sold 98 items in the previous 60 days! We also found he had sold a total of 141 items from January, 2011, through September, 2011. Some of the recent items he pawned were taken in a burglary just the day before. Once we located the suspect and interviewed him, we learned that he was the go between with other suspects who are doing residential burglaries on the Westside of Indianapolis. Without LeadsOnline we would have had a more difficult time locating this stolen property and identifying the people involved in these crimes. Thanks, again, LeadsOnline!"

Det. Larry Craciunoiu
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Indiana

"A Beretta 12-gauge shotgun was taken in a burglary of a building over a month ago. The firearm was located through LeadsOnline at a shop in Dallas. We returned the firearm to the owner, and a felony case against the identified burglar was filed."

Det. Jalena Page
Rockwall Police Department
Texas

"I recovered yet another piece of stolen property again using LeadsOnline. This time it was a stolen rifle that was taken during a residential burglary back in 2006. A big thanks to LeadsOnline on behalf of the Camden Police Department and the victim in this case. We have had so much success with your program that I even check it while I am off or on vacation. Keep up the good work!"

Det. Robert Henninger
Camden Police Department
Arkansas

"On Aug. 18, 2011, a victim of a breaking and entering reported that several guns and a motorcycle were taken from his storage facility. On Aug. 30, 2011, I located via LeadsOnline, a matching description of one of the guns taken. Looking further into the LeadsOnline report, the model, serial, and incident all matched resulting in a break in a case that would have otherwise been cold. This case would not have been solved without LeadsOnline. Thank you!"

Det. J.D. Koerber
Charleston Police Department
West Virginia

"I received notification of a serial number match that I had entered into the LeadsOnline system. Confirmation was made that this was the same camera that had been reported stolen in a residential burglary case. In researching for the female who pledged this camera in a local business, it was determined that there were 110 transactions from her over the past eight months. Comparisons of the property listed in her transactions and property previously reported stolen to our agency resulted in additional burglary cases being cleared and also led to the identification of a male subject who had been committing these burglaries and using the female to sell the stolen goods. LeadsOnline – YOU ROCK with this program!"

Det. Rick Keeling
San Angelo Police Pawn Detail
Texas

"In July 2011, with the NCIC hit, I received notification of a pawned laptop computer that was taken in a residential burglary in April 2011. I recovered the laptop and returned it to the owner the same day. The owner was very surprised and happy. The defendant is still on the run and our Department would not have had a clue about this guy if it were not for LeadsOnline. Turns out he also has multiple unrelated warrants and may be involved in several other similar crimes. Thank you so much!"

Det. Joe Benoit
Omro Police Department
Wisconsin

"Unbelievable! While I was investigating an Occupied Burglary case, I signed up for the 30-day free trial with LeadsOnline. Within approximately 30 minutes of signing up, I received a call from a LeadsOnline representative who was ready to give me a quick tutorial of the system. While searching for my prime suspect, I got a "hit" in Kennewick, WA. We are now working on getting the victim's property back. I was very impressed. I decided to put another name in. This case involved a stolen laptop - BAM! Another "hit". This time it was in Renton, WA. Amazing!!! I couldn't believe it. I'll be trying to convince our department to go with LeadsOnline."

Det. Bob Sola
Spokane County Sheriff's Office
Washington

"An initial investigation into several snowmobiles being pawned at a pawn shop in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, led detectives from the McHenry County Sheriff's Office and Round Lake Beach Police Department to a multi-state theft ring thanks to LeadsOnline. After running a search through LeadsOnline, it was determined that the suspects were pawning snowmobiles and boats in Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, and Wyoming. Upon further investigation, it was learned that the snowmobiles and boats were stolen from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Thanks to LeadsOnline, the detectives were able to put together a large-scale investigation that involved charges from several states."

Det. Lesperance
McHenry County Sheriff's Office
Criminal Investigation Division
Illinois

"My victim took on the task of caring for her dying mother the last few months of her life in her home, but she needed help. She had a regular handyman help with the upkeep of her house, and she paid his wife to act as a caretaker, helping care for her mother. After the victim's mother died on January 4th, she began the task of going through her keepsakes. The victim first noticed the ring that her mother always wore as missing. She also noticed her own wedding ring missing from her own bedroom that she had put away when her husband passed away. I did a search through LeadsOnline and learned that the female caretaker had pawned over 20 items of jewelry belonging to the victim and her deceased mother. The victim did not even realize that much of her mother's jewelry was missing. The pawn shop cooperated with the investigation, but regrettably, only a portion of the jewelry was recovered. The caretaker was arrested and charged with felony theft. It was learned that she had been stealing from the dying mother and the victim over the course of three months. Luckily, the victim recovered her wedding ring and some of her mom's jewelry, which all had sentimental value above and beyond the appraisal value."

Sgt. Michael Jones
Matteson Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division
Illinois

"On the very first day of activation, our investigators were able to solve a burglary that was 10 months old with no leads by finding stolen property that had been pawned. The suspect was also arrested for other crimes that he admitted to under interrogation. We were also able to solve a year-old theft by locating a stolen camcorder that had been pawned, as well as computer equipment stolen by a company employee and kept in pawn for several months. He had no idea how we found him and was very shocked. Thanks for a great search/investigative tool."

Det. James Kelley
Blue Ash Police Department
Criminal Investigation Section
Ohio

"I entered a laptop computer that had recently been stolen into LeadsOnline. A couple of days later, I received a hit from LeadsOnline, saying the laptop was at a local pawn shop. I used the information provided to get an arrest warrant for the person who pawned the computer, and was also able to return the computer to its owner within a week of it being stolen."

Det. James Melson
Fort Smith Police Department
Criminal Investigation Division
Arkansas

"During my very first search using LeadsOnline I was able to locate several items that had been stolen during a burglary. It not only enabled me to find my suspect but it also enabled me to return the stolen property to its rightful owner before it was resold and gone forever. I love quality tools that help me to do good work fast. LeadsOnline is definitely one of those tools."

Daniel Wentzel
Ft. Carson Police Investigations
Colorados

"Just wanted to let you know that after learning a few new search strategies on LeadsOnline -- BAM! -- another one bites the dust! In fact I have cleared two older cases and a recent burglary. This investigation tool has once again sold itself. Thanks so much for your patience and assistance on getting us setup."

Det. Chris Beck
Sweeny Police Department
Texas

"I ran a report search using LeadsOnline and located a computer that was stolen from during an overnight vehicle burglary. The computer was pawned a few days later and the suspect erased the hard drive in an effort to get around the security code. The suspect then entered her name as the user on the computer and downloaded a trial version of Windows to make the computer appear to be hers. Using one of your search tools, I located the computer through an NCIC hit. I contacted the owner of the computer who stated she did not know the individual who pawned her computer. I recovered the computer and identified a suspect in the case. Without LeadsOnline, I would have never been able to identify a suspect in this case or recover this computer."

Det. James Mummey
Shawnee County Sheriff's Office
Investigations
Kansas

"The hit I received today for a search that enabled me to positively identify a suspect, close a case, and notify the rightful owner of where she could retrieve her wedding ring. Thanks LeadsOnline!"

Harold Duncan
Brook Park Police Department
Ohio

"I was able to recover two firearms while working second shift on a slow night. I went through approximetly 200 NCIC hits and I located a couple of promising matches. After following up on these, I determined that one of the guns was on a case I was assigned to investigate. The weapon was a Thompson-Center Prohunter 12 ga. shotgun and was fairly expensive. The owner was thrilled to have this returned. The second weapon was a Charles Daly .45 pistol that had been stolen from a Navy officer who was deployed on a Submarine when his home was broken into. It was stolen from Kingsland, Georgia and I spoke with a detective from that jurisdiction and made arrangements to have the wepon returned. LeadsOnline is a "mag" tool for LE. Many "props" to you guys!"

Master Deputy Kelly Carroll Lovelace
York County Sheriff's Office
Det. - CID Property Crimes Division
South Carolina

"I was assigned a case in reference to several firearms and electronics stolen from a residence in Charleston, WV. The victim stated that he was unsure of who may have taken the items and had no suspect information. I was able to obtain intelligence from other family members that his son-in-law was having financial problems and has been recently pawning items. At this point, I entered the son-in-law's name into LeadsOnline and immedaiately located all of the stolen items. In addition, this allowed me to later interview the suspect and acheive a confession. Furthermore, thanks to LeadsOnline, I was able to solve my case within hours of being assigned."

Det. Jamey Noland
Charleston Police Department
Criminal Investigation Division
West Virginia

"SeaTac International Airport and the surrounding area has recently experienced a significant spike in vehicle break-ins at local parking lots. As the case progressed, a victim provided the serial number to their Garmin portable navigation system that had been stolen. As a result detectives immediately checked the LeadsOnLine database and found someone had recently pawned the device. With the information from the pawn records they checked local Field Interview Reports and found the same individual was also listed as the registered owner of a vehicle observed in the area of recent criminal activity. As a result, the Port of Seattle Police Criminal Investigation Division and ProAct Unit began surveillance of the suspect. Within hours they were able to follow the suspect to a bank and watched as he cashed a yet-to-be reported check stolen from another vehicle prowl. The suspect was arrested as he drove away. Because of the LeadsOnLine information, the Port of Seattle Police were able to quickly arrest the suspect further minimizing the impact to the community, clear approximately 20 vehicle prowls, and recover and return a substantial amount of personal property to the victims."

Commander Ken Irwin
Port of Seattle Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division
Washington

"In late January, we took a theft report for some tools stolen out of a work truck. Two weeks later, I ran a query in LeadsOnline, and located one of the stolen power tools at a pawn shop. I met the victim at the pawn shop, and using the serial number, he confirmed the item was his air impact gun. I am hopeful the store video will also help me locate suspects that stole copper welding leads stolen out of a work truck on an adjactent street that same night. Thanks for the help in catching bad guys."

Det. Adam Cox
Delhi Township Police
Investigations
Ohio

"I became a detective in my department in March of 2010. I took over the cases of the detective I replaced when he went back to the work the road. Through LeadsOnline, I found a knife that was taken in a burglary at one of our local pawn shops. The female who pawned the knife was best friends with our suspect. I charged the woman that pawned the knife and she plead guilty and received probation, she has to attend theft classes, pay fines and restitution totaling over $800.00 for a $15.00 knife. Thank you for your help."

Det. Tim Reed
McCracken County Sheriff's Department
Paducah, Kentucky

"I just got another hit on an item from LeadsOnline. I checked into the additional item and discovered that a Compaq computer was stolen from Radio Shack a few weeks ago at our local mall. I pulled the initial report from my department and verified the information that LeadsOnline was showing to be correct. I proceeded to a local pawn shop where the item was pawned and recovered the computer. I was able to obtain the information for the suspect who pawned the computer. Wanted to update ya, that's four items in a week that I have found stolen property through LeadsOnline."

Det. E.J. Tipton
Charleston Police Department
Criminal Investigations
West Virginia

"I recently received a possible hit on three items through LeadsOnline for stolen property. I confirmed that the property was stolen through NCIC and pulled the initial reports from my agency. Once I verified that all of the information from LeadsOnline was correct, I contacted the pawn shop where the items were pawned and recovered two of the three items that were stolen. The third item had already been sold by the pawn shop, but hopefully we will recover it. The first item was a Sony Playstation 3 and warrants will be signed on the suspect for that incident. The second item that was recovered is a Nikon D90 digital camera recovered on worth $1,049.99. The item was recovered and when I contacted the camera store that the item belonged to, the employee who answered the phone admitted to the crime. She was arrested for Grand Larceny and was immediately fired by her employer."

Det. E.J. Tipton
Charleston Police Department
Criminal Investigations
West Virginia

"Thanks to LeadsOnline, we were able to recover a stolen iPad from a local pawn shop that had been pawned two days after it was reported stolen. Not only was the property recovered, but the subject was identified and will soon be pending prosecution."

Det. Wesley V. Bair Jr., USAF
Lackland Air Force Base
Section Chief, Investigations
Texas

"We were able to recover $8,000 in stolen tools in Valaparaiso, Indiana. I recently heard that that the female offender, who sold the tools at a pawn shop in Valaparaiso cannot figure out how the police found the stolen items and linked them to her. She thinks someone is ratting on them, so she and the other suspects are dumping their phones because they think we are listening! Thank you LeadsOnline for all your help."

Det. Sean Talbot
Bolingbrook Police Department
Illinois

"I have been using LeadsOnline since 2001. The very first time I used this system, I cleared a felony theft case. Just in the last 2 weeks we have identified and located, several suspects in recent daylight burglaries. One group is several young men who were breaking into houses and then going straight to the pawn shops to get rid of the stolen items. We have cleared 4 burglaries, arrested two --- with more to come and recovered jewelry, movies and stereo equipment. Using LeadsOnline, we have been able to track suspect locations from Midland to Odessa, to San Angelo and back. Thanks again."

Det. Kent Spencer
Midland Police Department
Texas

"Recently our agency took a report for the theft of multiple bass guitars stolen from a collector's home. Once LeadsOnline was used, two of the stolen instruments where located at a pawn shop approximately 20 miles away and were subsequently recovered. And, two more of the guitars were recovered at another distant location. The case is still being worked up but I'm looking to file a Trafficking 1st Degree charge against the male suspect who appears to be a "friend" of the victim's son. Thanks LeadsOnline!"

Det. Steve Parken
Lake Forest Park Police Department
Washington State

"A pair of rings valued over $7,000 were stolen from a home in our city where the homeowner was having the wood floor refinished. I interviewed the two workers who were in the home and began my search using the information they provided me. Using LeadsOnline, I was able to run searches that located the stolen rings. The victim went with us to the pawn shop and was able to get her ring back with in 24 hours of the report. Using LeadsOnline provided me with the lead I needed to solve the case and help return property that the victim never thought she would see again."

Det. Stephen Mette
Worthington Police Department
Criminal Investigative Unit
Ohio

"A recent home burglary occurred, but no forced entry. However, the victim had two subjects employed at the home. LeadsOnline produced a lead on the housekeeper showing ongoing theft earlier than thought by victim. Information showed that suspect had pawned over $32,000 in a period from Feb-Nov 2010. Information from pawn leads resulted in confession from suspect."

Det. Kerry Thorpe
Murfreesboro Police Department
Tennessee

"I was investigating a theft case where a $15,000.00 5-carat diamond ring was stolen. The victim told me that the satellite repair man was at her house the night she realized that her ring was missing. I followed up with the company and gathered information on the worker. The supervisor for the company advised me that the worker was from St. Louis and was sent to the Birmingham area to help clear a heavy work load.

As I do in all of my cases, I entered the workers name into LeadsOnline for a search to be conducted. The third day that the information was in the system, I got a hit back on the suspect's name. The suspect pawned a ring matching the one of my victims' in St. Louis, Missouri. I followed up with a Detective in St. Louis to get the ring recovered and to get a picture sent to me so the victim could identify the ring as hers.

Once the ring was identified by the victim, I was able to get the ring shipped to Birmingham and get it returned to the victim. The defendant in this case was charged with Theft 1st and will be extradited back to Birmingham. Without LeadsOnline, the ring that had sentimental value to my victim would not have been recovered."

Det. Clark Raymond
Hoover Police Department
Alabama

"Last month I was reassigned to the Criminal Investigations Division of my Police Department. In less than a week, LeadsOnline helped me break my first case. The suspect in my case stole several items, so I looked on LeadsOnline first using the suspect name. My suspect had pawned an exact list of everything that had been stolen less than 2 hours after the incident. In less than 24 hours, I was able to recover every piece of stolen property and return it all to it's owner, a very rare thing in law enforcement. I was also able to charge the suspect with four felonies based on investigative information aided by LeadsOnline."

Det. Cory Burton
Asheville Police Department
North Carolina

"I had a $1,800.00 car stereo reported stolen out of a vehicle and had no suspects at the time. Soon after, I was checking the individuals pawning in my county and I noticed a Pioneer Car stereo that was sold to a Pawn Shop in Mobile, Alabama, about an hour away. I noticed that the subject who'd sold it was someone that I had arrested for theft in the past and he had a nickname of Meatball.

I went back and looked at the report that patrol took and saw that the victim stated that he noticed a guy in his yard on the day the stereo went missing and he only knew him as Meatball. The stereo was identified as the stolen one and the bad guy was arrested. When I interviewed the suspect, and knew that I had the stereo, he stated that he knew he was done and he better get a lawyer. How did we ever do this without LeadsOnline? Thanks for being there for us."

Sgt. Ron Baggette
Clarke County Sheriff's Department
Alabama

"Two suspects recently stole a $2,500 pair of earrings from a Gold & Silver store. Using LeadsOnline, I was able to locate the earrings pawned by the suspects at a nearby pawn shop within a couple of hours of the theft. Using the Hold Forms provided by LeadsOnline, I placed a hold on the earrings, recovered the earrings, and returned them to the owner. This would not have been possible without the assistance and services provided by LeadsOnline."

Robert Powell
Euless Police Department
Criminal Investigation Department
Texas

"A complaint was made to the Grant Parish Sheriffs Office of a theft and burglary where four antique tractors were taken from a property, plus several items from the residence on the property. Less than 1 hour after receiving the complaint, a check through LeadsOnline revealed two of the tractors being sold to a scrap yard in Alexandria, LA. The next day, another tractor was located at another scrap yard --- and the fourth tractor was located at a third scrap yard.

My search also found a High School ring from the complainant being sold at a Pawn Shop. The complainant didn't know the ring was stolen, so she was very surprised and thankful to get the ring back. At the start of the investigation I had four suspects, to date one has been arrested, two warrants have been issued and one pending."

Det. Doug James
Grant Parish Sheriffs Office
Colfax, Louisiana

"Thanks to LeadsOnline I was recently able to capture 2 people who had committed multiple burglaries in our parish. By using the LeadsOnline database, I was able to obtain warrants for the individuals and recover the stolen items. Thanks for all your help!"

Det. Chad Madden
Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office
Louisiana

"Longmont Police Department's Community Service Officer / Detective Beth Buchholtz has the primary duty of conducting pawn investigations using LeadsOnline as a major tool in these investigations. During the course of her duties, she regularly reviews surveillance footage and compares those she sees with arrest photos. In doing this, she is able to identify many suspects by seeing photos of them. She recently viewed the surveillance photos from a bank robbery and realized the suspect was a person who she knew had been making a large number of pawn transactions. She passed this information on to the Robbery Detective. Additional follow up was conducted by other Detectives; an arrest warrant was obtained for and an arrest made of the person CSO Buchholtz identified. Not only is Beth adept at conducting pawn investigations she learns the "players" in Longmont and in this case was able to assist in the arrest of the bank robbery suspect."

Sgt. Joel Post for Det. Beth Buchholtz, Community Service Officer
Longmont Police Department
Detective Division (Property Crimes)
Colorado

"While searching my stores I located a stolen bicycle valued at $800. The bicycle was returned to the victim and the suspect was charged."

Det. Steven Fisher
Jeffersontown Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Kentucky

"The first case I solved using LeadsOnline generated roughly 11 felony charges, including theft and pawn violations. Searching with this program helped me locate stolen property fast enough to locate its rightful owner. I didn't even need serial numbers since I had one suspect's name.

I also just had a patrol officer hand me three printouts from LeadsOnline regarding a theft case she was working on. It helped me solve the case and retrieve all the stolen property within one day. Using the serial numbers, I tracked down three different felony pawns."

Jeremiah Brunner
Arvada Police Department
Investigations
Colorado

"Earlier this month, one of our fine deputies took a burglary of a motor vehicle report. After reading the report, I found no serial numbers for the Magellan GPS that was stolen from the vehicle, so I figured this would be another inactive case.

But the next day, I decided to check LeadsOnline and entered just the words "Magellan GPS" in the description and Baytown, TX, for the city where I thought I might find my suspect. While scrolling through the list of several names, I found one for a suspect my partner and I had dealt with in the past. This suspect was good for some vehicle burglaries in the past and he had just recently pawned an item I was looking for. So, I printed the ticket from my computer and went to the pawn shop. Once at the pawn shop I asked the clerk to bring me the item that I was looking for. And lo and behold, I turned the GPS on and found my complainant's address inside. I recovered the property and returned it to a happy citizen. Oh, and it didn't take me long to convince the judge to sign off on the warrant."

Sgt. Charles Alexander
Chambers County Sheriff's Office
Texaso

"Recently, by utilizing LeadsOnline, I was able to clear 5 residential burglaries by arrest. The offender had pawned several items to a local pawnshop. Futhermore, I was able to retrieve some of the stolen property and return it to the original owner. Thanks LeadsOnline!"

Detective Mullen
McHenry County Sheriff's Police
Criminal Investigations Division
Illinois

"Howdy All! Since we came online August 1st with LeadsOnline, our Criminal Investigations Unit has recovered over $16,000.00 worth of documented stolen property. Many of these items are hand tools and chainsaws taken from Home Depot and high-end pieces of jewelry that were taken during a rash of residential burglaries. This investigative tool has been a big help to our department and its neverending fight against crime! Thank you for all your help and support."

Det. Detective Serena Besuden
Port Orange Police Department
Criminal Investigations Unit
Florida

"Our LeadsOnline account was activated around 4pm one day, and by 6pm we had recovered numerous items taken in vehicle burglaries.

Needless to say we have had ongoing issues with these burglars for the past 6 weeks."

Det. Jason Wood
Normal Police Department
Illinois

"My victim was moving into a new house and had some friends helping her move. After getting moved in, she realized her Wii was missing as was a JVC Camcorder. She filed a report and when I contacted her she gave me the names of the people who'd helped her move. I ran a LeadsOnline check of the friends and found two of them (boyfriend, girlfriend) had pawned several items at several local pawn shops. I was able to locate the JVC Camcorder, put a hold on it, and arranged for the owner to pick it up. One suspect has been arrested and the other has made arrangements to turn himself in. We also located two lawn mowers that they pawned that were stolen on separate incidents this past week.

Thanks LeadsOnline for making things easy."

Det. Sam Barrale
St. Ann Police Department
Missouri

"A Deputy in the Nye County Sheriff's Office took a report of a burglary. Upon returning to the office, the Deputy ran the property through LeadsOnline. Immediately, he got a hit for a camera in LeadsOnline that had been taken during the burglary. The Deputy and I identified that the suspect who had pawned the camera was also identified as a possible suspect in a burglary of a residence down the street as well.

Using the information provided by LeadsOnline, police tracked the suspect down. Interviews and further investigation identified two additional suspects involved in this case. All three individuals were arrested and were booked into NCSO Detention Center. A search warrant was executed on the suspect's residence and a majority of the stolen items were recovered from the residence. During a search of the residence, several items were also located that had been taken during a third burglary that had not previously been linked to these suspects.

So, in whole, due to the Deputy running the serial number of a camera through LeadsOnline, we were able to apprehend three burglars, close out three seperate and unrelated burglaries, and the investigation is still ongoing into other possible burglaries."

Det. David Boruchowitz
Nye County Sheriff's Office
Nevada

"We want to recognize our CID Assistant Shannon Hill for all his hard work and expertise helping us track and recover stolen property through LeadsOnline.

Shannon checks LeadsOnline on a daily basis and catches stolen items or felons pawning firearms. In fact, in 2010 Shannon has located 8 felons pawning a firearm. His work with LeadsOnline has caught numerous stolen guns and other property which has been related to Robbery, Burglary, and other investigations.

Shannon / LeadsOnline work has helped investigators recover several pieces of stolen property and led to several arrests. We want to thank Shannon for all his hard work and also thank LeadsOnline for making our job easier."

Det. Travis Lee
Fayetteville Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division

"A state trooper asked me to conduct some searches on LeadsOnline relating to a burglary case he was working. The stolen items included a Wii system and some games. They belonged to a young boy of around 11 years old. I was able to find the system and the games and the trooper picked them up and returned them to the young boy that night.

The boy was so appreciative of our work that he tried to give the trooper one of his basketball trophies! I received an email the next day from the trooper telling me the little boy said to tell me thanks."

Melinda Thompson
Kentucky State Police, Post 6

"More than $37,000 in stolen jewelry was recovered thanks to the hard work of Deputy Arthur Jeames of the Hale County Sheriff's Office in Greensboro, Alabama. Deputy Jeames ran the suspect's name through LeadsOnline and was able to not only find the rings, but also the pawn shop had a picture of the suspect holding the stolen rings in her hand!"

Bevely Hamilton
Hale County Sheriff's Office
Alabama

"In July 2010, our agency (Henry County Sheriff's Office) signed up for the 30-day trial period of LeadsOnline. On the first day, we were able to locate a firearm that was stolen in a burglary in 2004. The firearm was located in a Pawn Shop on the other side of the state far outside of our normal search area. With that information, we were able to track the firearm back to a possible suspect. Due to a reporting error on NCIC, the weapon had been pawned several times without a hit. Without LeadsOnline it probably would have never been located.

It was a group effort between the Henry County SO and Abbeville PD Task Force in recovering the weapon and tracking it back to a primary suspect."

Abbeville Police Department
Henry County Sheriff's Office
Alabama

"I worked a burglary were several guns were stolen. Upon checking LeadsOnline, I found three of the stolen guns in Memphis. The firearms were recovered and one arrest was made and two other people are wanted for the burglary. If it had not been for LeadsOnline, the victim would not have his guns back and his insurance did not pay for the guns. Again, thanks LeadsOnline for helping me do my job and helping the victims get their stolen items back."

Gary Etter
Craighead County Sheriff's Office
Arkansas

"An NCSO deputy was dispatched to a report of a burglary where numerous items were taken while a couple was out of town. The investigation revealed that the only individual who had access to the residence was a friend of the family who was helping with the upkeep of the house while the couple was gone. The deputy sought assistance of NCSO Detectives and we ran the housesitter in LeadsOnline and discovered that the housesitter has in fact pawned the items that had been stolen from the residence he was supposed to be watching!"

Det. David Boruchowitz and Det. Eric Murphy
Nye County Sheriff's Office
Nevada

"We recovered two stolen GPS units that had been sold to a pawnshop by the same person outside of our jurisdiction. These units were taken over several nights when numerous vehicles were broken into. Just by searching the surrounding area for pawned or sold GPS units we were able to develop a suspect and recover property from several of the thefts."

Det. Randy Ratliff
Greenfield Police Department
Indiana

"Using the search tool, two other detectives and I working a string of burglaries were able to locate where a suspect had pawned a pressure washer, two gas-powered leaf blowers and a gas-powered weedeater. These items were pawned at three diferent pawn shops in Montgomery, Alabama. These recovered items were taken from different residences in Troy, Alabama by the suspect. Using this information, we were able to obtain two felony warrants of arrest for Burglary on the suspect. She is now in jail. Thanks again for your help with another investigation. LeadsOnline ROCKS!!!"

Det. Michael O'Hara
Troy Police Department
Alabama

"Around the middle of May, a burglary report came across my desk that I thought should be routine, like all the rest, but this one continued to elude me and my leads. I'd heard of LeadsOnline from an investigator I've worked with from another jurisdiction.

I had exhausted every lead I had and other cases were piling up, so I put this one on the back burner. Every other day or so, I punched in the serial number in the search engine to no avail. After a week of that I remembered you told me of the different ways to search and search the approximate serial number and BAM! there it was! Without LeadsOnline I couldn't have solved this case.

Thanks Anya, you have been a great help , showing the several different ways LeadsOnline can help me help my community. If the rest of the staff at LeadsOnline are as helpful as you then you guys need to give yourselves a pat on the back."

Sgt. Lee Carden
Odenville Police Department
Alabama

"During a recent St. Peters investigation of a Felony Burglary, a suspected acquaintance of the victim's daughter was a well-known local heroin addict. The suspect in this incident kicked in a rear door of the residence and over $8,000 in reported jewelry and electronics were reported stolen.

A subsequent investigation included surprising the suspect at his weekly probation & parole meeting and the subject was taken into custody. During further interrogation, the suspect was interviewed and later presented with multiple LeadsOnline printouts showing the suspect pawning the stolen jewelry and other items from the burglary.

After being presented with the LeadsOnline tickets showing the dates an times the suspect pawned the stolen jewelry & tools, the suspect made a full confession regarding the burglary and stealing. The suspect admitted to selling some of the items to pawn shops and trading other items for heroin from his drug dealer. The suspect's probation was revoked and he is currently incarcerated facing a 7-year backup for the probation violation and additional time if convicted on the two other felony charges."

Sgt. Lee Carden
Odenville Police Department
Alabama

"Last week, there was an interrupted residential burglary. A Patrol Officer spotted the suspect's car and the chase was on. The suspect got away but I was able to identify him. Through LeadsOnline, I found that one of the suspect's associates had recently pawned several items and I matched the items to a recent car prowl case.

I arrested the guy who pawned the items and he admitted to pawning them for the guy that we had earlier chased. Because of LeadsOnline, I was able to arrest one guy, get some stolen property back to the owner, and get additional charges on the guy who ran from us.

Also, last month I was working a group who were breaking into homes all over the Puget Sound area. Using LeadsOnline, I was able to tie them to several other burglaries and get property back to the owners."

Det. Steve Hoover
Bellevue Police Department
Washington

"On a clear day here in Arizona, like most days, persons unknown committed a residential burglary while the homeowners were away on vacation. Several household items were taken, along with several expensive camera lenses and a Sony 46-inch plasma TV. I conducted a search with LeadsOnline using a serial number of the TV. I received a "Hit" locating the TV in a Mesa Pawn Shop. The TV was recovered and returned to its owners. Two suspects have been identified as a result. Oral DNA samples from both suspects have been taken and submitted with crime scene DNA. I expect a match from one or both suspects."

Det. Mike Cruce
Oro Valley Police Department
Arizona

"I use LeadsOnline everyday as a civilian pawn investigator assigned to the Property Crimes Division in Detectives. There are countless times I have found stolen property in pawn shops in cases that were initially closed with 'no leads.'

I was able to use LeadsOnline to find stolen property in 12 cases that were linked to one suspect who had been breaking into cars in our city and a neighboring city. The same suspect escalated his behavior and began stealing store "spinner" displays of gold jewelry, and pawning the jewelry. The story has a happy ending for us and the victims, not so much for the arrestee.

A similar case occurred where a suspect broke into a heating and air conditioning repair van, stole several high-end tools, and pawned them. Using LeadsOnline, I was able to locate those tools and research the suspect's pawn history. I found that he had pawned several similar items in May of last year. Those items were then matched to a theft case that had occurred in our city!

Cases that had originally been closed with no leads were cleared. LeadsOnline makes it easy to solve pawn violation cases and return stolen property to victims. The suspects are left wondering how we found out about their crimes so fast! Thanks!"

Community Service Officer Beth A. Buchholtz
Longmont Police Department
Property Crimes Division in Detectives
Colorado

"I recently had a case where a mother claimed her son had stolen her credit card and used it to purchase $529.78 worth of video game systems and games. I ran the name of the suspect's son through LeadsOnline and did not find him. But, I then ran his friends and associates and found one of them had pawned the same video game system and games that were purchased by the suspect the day before. I retrieved the items and also the video from the pawn shop.

I was able to get a full confession from the friend and the suspect, who also confessed to another crime of check fraud. Two more of my cases solved through LeadsOnline!"

Det. Oren Skurnik
Bexar County Sheriff's Office
Criminal Investigations Division
San Antonio

"Large theft ring... busted!

Utilizing daily monitoring of LeadsOnline, our department made 3 arrests last week, wrapping an extensive theft ring in the western end of our county. We also recovered almost 100 percent of the victim's property.

LeadsOnline has become a daily go-to tool for me. Thanks for providing a great tool for us."

Investigator David McKnight
Marion County Sheriff's Department
Texas

"I am a relatively new user of LeadsOnline and still exploring all of the features. On an afternoon when I found some free time, I was searching NCIC hits. In a matter of one half hour, I located a chain saw and Microsoft MP3 player that appeared to have been stolen from two agencies in our area.

This seemed way too simple, punch a couple keys find stolen items .... so I called Erin at LeadsOnline to make sure I was correct. She helped me confirm that these were good hits. (Thanks Erin, you are always so helpful ... Go Packers!)

I notified the agencies, who by the way are not LeadsOnline users, and although these aren't huge cases, the owners will be happy to be reunited with their property."

Investigator Pete Jakowski
Onalaska Police Department
Wisconsin

"Our agency had recently gotten LeadsOnline and I had just completed my tutorial with customer support. I grabbed my first case and ran the serial number of a stolen computer monitor from a commerical burglary. Instantly, I got a hit and identified a suspect in the case! I had been checking this item through another system we have, but could never locate the item. Without LeadsOnline, there is no telling how long it would have taken for me to find this and solve my case."

Det. Christopher Reider
Greenville Police Department
South Carolina

"A York County resident reported to the York County Sheriff's Office that an acquaintance had taken his John Deere riding lawn mower from his residence without permission. The resident stated he allowed the suspect to stay at his residence for a few days.

The resident returned from work and discovered the John Deere mower missing --- as well as the suspect.

York County detectives discovered through LeadsOnline that the suspect pawned the John Deere lawn mower that same day at a local pawn shop. A few days later, detectives were able to recover the mower."

Det. Ralph J. Gurganus
York County Sheriff's Office
Property Crimes
South Carolina

"I was assigned a Burglary and Break/Enter to a home and storage building. A Craftsman lawn mower was taken sometime between 1/21/10 and 2/2/10, when the thefts were discovered. I checked our local pawn shops for this date range for a Craftsman mower and found where one had been pawned on 1/27/10 (not the season for push mowers).

I was able to determine it was in fact the mower of my victim, an elderly man. I was able to interview the person who pawned the mower and the results were a full confession to more than $1,000 of additional property that was taken --- that the victim didn't even realize. In addition, an additional suspect was identified and also gave a confession. One is now serving 10 years and the other 20 years, thanks to finding my mower using LeadsOnline.

Thanks for a great Law Enforcement tool."

Det. Jeff Carter
Ft. Smith Police Department
Property Crimes Unit, Criminal Investigations
Arkansas

"During another investigation, I noticed some suspicious pawn transactions from a mother, son, and daughter. This Stillwater family had pawned numerous MP3 players and video cameras at several different Oklahoma City pawn shops. These transactions were all within 3-4 days and spread out across several pawn shops in the OKC area. There were approximately 15-20 similar electronic items pawned.

I contacted the company that sold the specific MP3 player and learned the mother currently worked at a Return Center in Stillwater and was one of their more "trusted employees." I also learned of large amounts of electronic products mysteriously disappearing from the company, in which the company's own investigation had yielded no viable suspects. After showing the management the recent pawn transactions from LeadsOnline, they determined this trusted employee (and some of her co-workers) were actually embezzling large amounts of electronics from the company.

LeadsOnline is one of my favorite investigative tools when dealing with property crimes. Now if only the REST of the investigation went as easy!"

Paul Priegel
Stillwater Police Department
Oklahoma

"Unknown actor(s) were stealing mail, including checks written by the victims to pay bills, from mailboxes in Johnson County. The actor(s) were taking the information from the checks and printing up new checks. While investigating the identity theft, I discovered one of the fraudulent checks had been written to Gamestop for more than $300.00. I contacted Loss Prevention at Gamestop and requested the serial number for the unit that had been purchased with the fraudulent check.

Once I received this information, I checked the serial number through LeadsOnline and located the unit which had been pawned. After checking out the suspect, I learned he had been arrested for fraud and other offenses in the past. I shared this information with an investigator at the U.S. Postal Inspector's Office. It turned out this individual was responsible for mail theft and identity theft in numerous jurisdictions; therefore, it was adopted by the U.S. Postal Inspector's Office and filed through the federal courts. ...All because of LeadsOnline!"

Cindy McGuire
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
Texas

"We had a breaking and entering case where a very expensive saw was stolen. I ran the serial number through LeadsOnline and received a hit. Further investigation revealed that the suspect has a pattern of these incidents and also has warrants out for his arrest on unrelated charges. Thanks, LeadsOnline for all of your help."

Det. Bryan Kohler
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office
Ohio

"A Shreveport resident called me in my office in reference to a theft that occurred at his home. The victim explained that his cousin came to his residence to borrow some money. When the victim went into another room of the residence, his cousin collected several items belonging to the victim, and fled.

The victim called me after hearing the suspect pawned one of the items, an Xbox 360 and its peripherals, at a local pawn shop; however, he was unable to provide the serial number for the items. Using the LeadsOnline database, I was able to research the suspect's information to determine the suspect pawned the items reported stolen, around the time the theft occurred.

Having this information, the police department's pawn investigator, Detective Courtney responded to the business in an effort to verify the items pawned belonged to the victim. Det. Courtney was able to verify descriptive information exclusive to the victim's video game console, corroborating information the victim provided. The items pawned were placed on hold with the pawn shop, and a warrant was obtained for the suspect's arrest.

A Caddo Parish District Court Judge signed a warrant charging the suspect with one count of Felony Theft and the suspect was arrested. Thanks LeadsOnline!"

Corp. Eric Miles
Shreveport Police Department
Louisiana

"I received a burglary report from patrol that listed stolen items, however no suspect information existed, and there wasn't any evidence recovered at the scene. As usual, the victims did not have the serial numbers listed for their stolen items.

I ran a generic check on LeadsOnline for one of the stolen items: an acoustic Fender guitar. Of particular interest was a male who had pawned an acoustic Fender guitar in an a city about thirty miles away, the same day as the burglary. I then ran a search of that male's pawn activity and saw that he had pawned a digital camera just three days later, matching the description of the one stolen in the burglary.

I was able to contact the pawn shops and after they emailed me photos of the stolen items, I was able to confirm with the victim that the items were in fact theirs and that the person who had pawned them was their son-in-law. The items were recovered and the suspect was arrested. Upon the suspect's arrest, we located a stolen credit card on his person from a vehicle prowl that patrol deputies were taking the report on just a few miles down the road. A search of his residence turned up evidence from another burglary in an adjoining jurisdiction, to which the suspect ultimately confessed, as well as to burglarizing his in-laws' residence.

Had it not been for LeadsOnline and the service that you provide, these cases would have probably never been solved and the property never recovered."

Det. Jeff Rhoades
Mason County Sheriff's Office
Washington State

"We received a case assignment concerning theft of property during a residential move. The victim had using a moving company. After the move, the victim noticed that a pair of diamond earrings valued over $5,000 was missing. The victim had the name of an employee who had been alone briefly inside the master bedroom, where the jewelry was kept. A report was filed by the victim, but a search on the suspect's name came back without a lead. We then cross referenced the property description, which led to locating property outside our jurisdiction, in Nashville. The earrings were pawned day after the victim's move, but by the suspect's girlfriend. The earrings were recovered and returned to the victim."

Det. Kerry Thorpe
Murfreesboro Police Department
Tennessee

"We had a residential theft wherein a laptop computer, a 64" TV and a 32" TV were stolen. The items were pawned in an adjoining county. By checking through LeadsOnline, we located the 32" TV and Laptop within a week and a hold was placed on the items to be retrieved by the victim. Positive ID was made and the suspect is currently listed as wanted. Thanks for your help to clear this case."

Missouri

"A residential burglary occurred in late September 2009. Latent print evidence was recovered that eventually identified a suspect in the case. Further investigation revealed that the suspect had two known associates, one of which had no prior criminal record. A pawning check using LeadsOnline of that individual found that he had pawned identical property stolen from the victim's home the day of the residential burglary. He was subsequently found and arrested for Trafficking in Stolen Property.

From that arrest and booking, his prints were now in the system and a positive I.D. was made of his prints at the crime scene. He's now facing felony charges - as is his partner. Thanks LeadsOnline!"

Steve Parken
Lake Forest Park Police Department
Washington

"On February 22, 2010, I was assigned a theft of a 14k gold ring from a local pawn shop that occurred two days earlier. This pawn shop had been informed about LeadsOnline but had not started reporting transaction data.

My department had recently started using LeadsOnline, so I put in the information I knew about the crime and there it was: the suspect pawned the ring at another pawn shop just down the road within minutes of stealing it.

I recovered the ring and now the pawn shop where the ring was stolen said their next call was going to be to LeadsOnline so that they could help victim's just like Leads helped them. Thank you LeadsOnline!!!"

Det. Sergeant David S. Allard
Beckley Police Department
West Virginian

"While visiting my parents for the holidays on Long Island, my $250 iPod was stolen from my car. So, the next day I decided to see how much it would cost to replace it with a used one on eBay. And then, just for the heck of it, I decided to check new listings within a 10-mile radius of where my parents live …. and boom! There was my iPod, in the exact case I bought for it, for sale on eBay! I contacted the local police to see if there was anything I could do to get my iPod back. I was put in touch with a detective in the computer crimes department.

I knew it was definitely my iPod after the officer told me to enlarge the photo in the listing because he said there was a photo visible on the iPod screen. Sure enough the stupid thief took a picture of MY iPod for his listing while one of MY personal photos was showing on the screen. Plus, this genius thief posted a photo of the backside of the iPod, showing MY serial number. Really, a smart guy, huh?

I went to the police station and showed the same photo on the eBay listing that was on my wife's iPod because we have all the same photos. As soon as he saw that, the detective was convinced it was my iPod and was able to track down the seller through LeadsOnline. Best of all, the police and arrested the guy just hours later!

What might have taken the detective weeks to find with subpoenas, LeadsOnline helped him accomplish in mere hours. Thanks to you guys the thief was arrested, has to face criminal charges.

And this is all thanks to LeadsOnline and your partnership with eBay. YOU GUYS ARE ROCKSTARS!"

Civilian Submission

"I am a detective assigned to investigate burglaries and thefts. I was assigned a burglary in which over $10,000 of tools were taken from a warehouse. The victim gave me information on a person he suspected to have committed the burglary. Before I could contact that person, the victim contacted me with serial numbers for some of the stolen property. Using the pawn shop search in LeadsOnline, I was able to locate some of the stolen property in another jurisdiction. I was able to recover property at two pawn shops, identify a suspect and recover additional property at his residence. Video from one of the pawn shops allowed me to identify a second suspect. Neither suspect was the person named by the victim. LeadsOnline was able to eliminate wasted time in my investigation as well as identify the suspects in the case."

Det. Russell Leonards
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
Louisiana

"A burglary of a residence occurred in our city on December 30, 2009. Several items of jewelry and a television were stolen. There were no real leads in the case, so I checked LeadsOnline using a broader description of the stolen items. I located a watch possbily meeting the description bases on how the pawn shop described it and value. I went to the pawn shop and located the serial number of that watch. The value of that watch was nearly $30,000. From the store video, we were able to identify two of the four suspects. An arrest was made in the case. Later, I had a possible hit on one of the other stolen watches. I was able to later identify this watch being stolen with the value of $20,000. In both cases the serial numbers were not recorded by the pawn shops. The search was done on name and series of the watches. The victim had given up hope of the property ever being recovered. This is why I use broader searches."

Det. Martin Hyvl
Huntsville Police Department
Texas

"LeadsOnline was instrumental in the arrest of a burglary suspect. We had previously interviewed the suspect who was denying involvement in the crime. We let him go and continued the investigation. Using LeadsOnline we were able to find out that he had pawned a ladies ring two towns over. We obtained a detailed description of the ring from the victim and went to examine the pawned ring. The ring was identical to the one described by the victim. We took possession of the ring and the elderly victim was able to positively identify it as being her mother's 50th anniversary wedding ring. Using the information that we now had we were able to elicit a confession for the burglary from a previously uncooperative suspect. When faced with the evidence that LeadsOnline provided us we were able get a confession and the victim was able to recover a family heirloom."

Lt. William Ryan
Pharr Police Department
Texas

"Within just a few short minutes of logging on to the site for the 30-day trial, our agency was able to solve and close three open cases for burglary and theft. The quick closure of those cases led us to invest in a one-year membership with Leads. Since then, we have solved many more cases, most within a short time from receiving the call to logging on to the site and finding our stolen items. This has truly been a great investigative tool for our agency."

Sgt. Mark Antrobus
Dayton Police Department
Kentucky

"I was working a theft case where a very expensive ring was stolen from an elderly lady while spending her remaining time in the nursing home. The ring was a family heirloom. After searching LeadsOnline for the names of the nurses aids that I'd suspected in the theft, I did not find them. I kept digging, and it turned out the ring was sold by my suspect's boyfriend! Thanks LeadsOnline! Not only did you assist in solving my case, I was able to return this priceless heirloom to its rightful owner!"

Indiana

"I received a report of a burglary in Richland Parish where several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry was taken. Using LeadsOnlne I was able to enter a description of one of the rings. LeadsOnline returned a pawn shop in Monroe, Louisiana of a ring matching the description. Upon interviewing the pawner, he stated that he had purchased the ring from an individual and provided the suspect's name and contact information.

I later interviewed the suspect and he confessed to the burglary. And, we were able to recover of most of the stolen jewelery."

Inv. Jerry Spencer Jr.
Richland Parish Sheriff's Office
Rayville, Louisiana

"The victims of a burglary reported a large amount of items taken from the residence. Value of all items missing was $23,789.00. Our detective unit used the 30-day free trial of LeadsOnline to locate some of the items reported as missing / stolen.

The total amount of property recovered using LeadsOnline totaled $8,464.00. LeadsOnline also led the detectives to the suspects. The detectives were able to get enough information and evidence to present the case to the Prosecutor's office for charges of burglary."

Det. Jeff Harman
Clay County Sheriff's Office
Missouri

"1. LeadsOnline is a much faster system. Our in-house system is backlogged anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months.

2. LeadsOnline is an electronic system. Our in-house system has numerous stores that do not transfer data electronically. We have to pick up the pawn slips and have them entered into our system by hand.

3. LeadsOnline is nationwide. Our in-house system can only search systems in Austin. The bad guys know this and will take stolen property to different cities to pawn.

4. LeadsOnline is potentially more accurate. LeadsOnline data only has to be entered once electronically. Using our in-house system, the data may have to be hand entered more than once. This can create errors.

5. LeadsOnline has additional helpful info. LeadsOnline has more data concerning phone numbers and addresses of the businesses right on the search page."

Det. John Hardage
Austin Police Department
S/E Investigations
Texas

"LeadsOnline is a vast improvement over what we were doing before... we're recovering stolen property and it just keeps getting better. Your tech support team is top notch."

Det. Rick Whaley
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
Tennessee

"I was assigned a Stealing Over $500 investigation involving an employee from a carpet cleaning company. While cleaning victims' carpets, the employee stole three very expensive rings. During the course of my investigation, I entered the employee's name into LeadsOnline in an attempt to locate him. The employee is an immigrant from Iraq, and due to his unusual name, I entered just the first name into the LeadsOnline system, which came up with a match. He sold four pieces of jewelry to a pawn shop in St. Charles City (a neighboring county). The victim in my case identified one of the rings as being hers. The ring recovered was valued at $1,800.00.

I spoke with the St. Charles City, Missouri Police Department about the offense. Det. Gary Drury from St. Charles City advised me that he possibly had a case on the employee. After speaking with me, he was also able to make a case on the employee.

Through further investigation, I found that the Crestwood, Missouri Police Department also had an interest in the employee. After relaying information to Det. Applebaum from Crestwood, he was able to make the case.

In total, the employee pawned 15 items of jewelry at area pawnshops. He is currently pending trial in circuit court.

Without LeadsOnline, this case may have gone unsolved."

Det. Michael Reynolds
Ballwin Police Department
Missouri

"In August 2004, I investigated a felon in possession of a firearm case. I had received information that the suspect was currently living in Medford, Oregon and was in possession of a stolen handgun taken out of burglary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

I ran the suspect's name through LEADS and got a hit. The suspect had sold/pawned three digital cameras at a pawn shop in Tulsa prior to coming out to Oregon. The cameras were taken out of the same burglary as the firearm. When I questioned the suspect about pawning any of the stolen property he initially denied it. I was able to show him the LEADS hit and he eventually admitted to his involvement and the property was recovered by the victim.

This stolen property would have never been located using our old "hand search" method. LEADS not only allowed us to check local businesses, but other locations outside of our jurisdiction."

Det. Justin Ivens
Medford Police Department
Oregon

"I would like to inform LeadsOnline of success stories from the Little Rock Police Department.

The first occurred on September 23, 2004, when I was contacted by one of my Burglary victims. Mr. Smith requested I look up a person he thought might be involved in his burglary. I took the name and ran it in your system, but did not receive any information on this subject.

I decided to check the articles and guns in the NCIC area of LeadsOnline. I do this on a weekly basis to check weapons. Mr. Smith had also talked to me about the weapons taken in the burglary of his home. I started going down the list and noticed two weapons that matched the description of the ones taken in Mr. Smith's burglary. Mr. Smith did not have his serial numbers recorded, but stated he could identify the weapons. After calling Mr. Smith I inquired about a television he had reported and it also matched what this person had pawned.

After making an appointment to meet Mr. Smith at the pawn shop, I continued to search the NCIC report. To cut a long story short, I located two other hits on the same page. I was able to solve three burglaries assigned to me within a 15-minute span and recover over $5,000.00 in property.

On November 3, 2004, I located a stolen weapon from Grant County, Arkansas. After checking the name of the person who pawned the weapon using LeadsOnline, I also located where he had pawned an additional three weapons. The weapons have been secured through the Police Hold section of LeadsOnline and warrants will be filed on this subject.

I want to send my gratitude to LeadsOnline for this website. This site is one of the greatest tools a Police Officer could dream of. I would recommend LeadsOnline to all agencies in Law Enforcement."

Det. R. Tribble
Little Rock Police Department
Burglary Squad
Arkansas

"Det. Neal was assigned to investigate the theft of two power drills valued at $2,250.00 each, that were stolen from a business here in the City of Berkeley. Det. Neal successfully used LeadsOnline and located the two drills at two area pawn shops.

LeadsOnline not only provided Det. Neal with the name of the pawn shops where the drills were pawned, it also provided him with the date and time the drills were pawned as well as the name, address and telephone number of the subject who pawned them.

The drills were recovered and reunited with the owner and a subject was arrested and charged with the theft. Warrants were issued and bond set at $5,000.00.

LeadsOnline has been a very valuable tool for this department, as well as others. Thank you for this very important investigative system."

Lt. Art Jackson
Berkeley Police Department
Missouri

"Our agency was investigating a robbery of a local pawn shop. Surrounding cities were also working robberies of pawn shops believed to be done by the same people, about 25 robberies in all. While talking to another pawn shop, the manager told me about LeadsOnline. I contacted LeadsOnline and was setup for a free month.

During my investigation, I received a name of a suspect. I put his name in and was shocked to see all the transactions. I, along with the loss prevention employee, went to the pawn shops listed and recovered nearly $6,000.00 in stolen jewelry. This enabled me to obtain a warrant on the suspect. It also helped other jurisdictions. He was later picked up on a warrant. I believe this would not have been possible without LeadsOnline.

Our city council did not hesitate to purchase your service. Thanks again, and I look forward to LeadsOnline helping me with all my cases!"

Det. Sergeant Rodriguez
Midfield Police Department
Alabama

"In July 2003, I received a case file where an elderly lady hired a caretaker to help her around her apartment because of an illness she had. Items started coming up missing, including a one-of-a-kind custom made diamond ring given to her by her deceased husband. The suspect of course denied she ever stole anything from the lady.

I ran her name and her daughter's name through LeadsOnline and discovered numerous pawns at 2 pawn shop locations by both the suspect and her daughter. I found the stolen ring at one of the pawn shops, and the manager not only had the signed pawn ticket by the suspect, he was able to identify the suspect as the person who pawned the ring.

The suspect had been stealing from her elderly clients and pawning the stolen jewelry. I reported her to the state licensing department and had her license revoked. The suspect was also charged with a Felony for stealing. The victim was so happy to be able to get her late husband's keepsake back."

Det. Ron Gondran
Blue Springs Police Department
Missouri

"I had several burglaries of Brake Check stores in June 2004. The suspects stole numerous tools. There were no suspects or leads. No new burglaries of Brake Checks occurred until October 2004.

We developed a name of a suspect and ran pawn searches [on LeadsOnline]. Not only did we find the tools stolen in October and November but also the ones stolen in the June burglaries as well. All were dutifully recorded in the LeadsOnline database. We can more than likely clear 11 Burglaries, 2 auto thefts and one burglary of a vehicle all thanks to LeadsOnline."

Det. John Hardage
Austin Police Department
Texas

"Just to let you know, I have been using the LeadsOnline web search system on the free trial for a few days now. So far, I have found two robbery and burglary suspects located in Montgomery, AL - which is located 140 miles from Jacksonville, AL. We knew that the suspects had moved from the Jacksonville area but did not know where. It appears that the two suspects have been pawning jewelry, which is suspected of being stolen.

We notified Montgomery PD of the two suspects and advised of their history. We were advised by Montgomery PD that the two were also suspects in a number of crimes in that area as well. We were able to advise Montgomery of information we had on the two suspects that will connect them to other crimes.

We would not have been able to obtain this information without LeadsOnline. Thank you."

Inv. Mike Denton
Jacksonville Police Department
Alabama

"I just wanted to pass along another success story. We had a report of items stolen from a residence with a good known suspect. We found out the suspect had left the area, so we decided to run his name through LeadsOnline and we were able to locate stolen items he sold in Nashville, Tennessee.

When the suspect returned to our jurisdiction we confronted him with the knowledge and solved the case. This was a felony in Missouri and charges are pending.

Without LeadsOnline, I don't believe we would have ever known for sure where these items were sold. Thanks again for providing this valuable service to Law Enforcement for a reasonable cost!"

Lt. Bob Welliver
Boonville Police Department
Missouri

"Since January of this year we have recovered approximately $8,000 in property as a direct result of LeadsOnline. This has resulted in 17 criminal charges being filed with our District Attorney's office and has solved/closed 10 felony cases.

This is a very helpful tool for Law Enforcement."

Chief of Police Rick Jamison
Converse Police Department
Texas

"Recently I had a case where an elderly woman was burglarized multiple times. She even had her lock changed because she thought it was someone who may have had a key. It ended up being another woman who had befriended the victim.

This woman [suspect] knew of the elderly lady through her daughter. She worked her way into the house by saying that she wanted to meet the woman who was so close to her daughter. The elderly lady let her in because the eventual thief was so nice, charming, and pleasant. Apparently during these encounters the woman would ask to use the bathroom, but instead would go to the bedroom and steal the victim's jewelry. This occurred several different times.

Prior to our discovering who the suspect was, the woman asked to borrow $40 dollars from the victim. The following day the [suspect] returned the borrowed $40 dollars and offered to do some small cleaning for the victim. After the [suspect] left, the victim went to return the borrowed $40 dollars to a hidden location in her home, and realized $160 cash was missing. The [suspect] was the only person other than the victim's daughter who knew where the money was kept. The beat officer interviewed the [suspect] about the missing money, however she denied any involvement.

Now having a new possible suspect name to look at, I searched LeadsOnline's database and received a hit on the woman's name. She had pawned jewelry on several different dates all at one pawnshop. The dates of the pawns were checked against the dates of the previously reported burglaries. The dates all matched the same time period. A police hold was placed on the items and photos taken. The photos were shown to the victim, who, upon seeing her missing rings, began to cry. She stated she thought she would never see the rings again, which included her wedding rings and a 50th anniversary ring her husband gave her.

During this investigation, a second burglary victim was also discovered. She likewise had jewelry stolen. This victim lived in the same area and never suspected the woman who lived across from her was responsible for burglarizing her home.

Thank you, LeadsOnline - without your service I may never had solved these burglaries, let alone had enough evidence against the suspected woman to lock her into a solid case. When the suspect was interviewed, she denied any knowledge of the victim's property being stolen. After showing her the pictures of the jewelry now positively identified by the victims along with the LeadsOnline printout of her activity concerning the pawns, she confessed to the burglaries, thus giving a written statement. With LeadsOnline's database it was easy to link everything to the suspect, recover the property and clear the offenses.

Just from these two cases I recovered several thousands of dollars of jewelry.

I would also like to thank the pawn shop involved, as they were very professional and helpful in this investigation as well as their help in returning the victims property."

Det. Ron Keilholz
St. Louis County Police Department
Missouri

"I have nothing but good things to say regarding the LeadsOnline program. It allows investigators to get the jump on locating property from victims who have been violated, in every sense of the word.

Most recently, I was investigating a burglary of a residence where jewelry, laptop computers, and various other electronic equipment was stolen. The backdoor was kicked open and the house was ransacked throughout. The victim was devastated because his Rolex watch had been listed as a piece of property that was stolen. The watch was expensive, but also had sentimental value attached. The serial number of the watch was made available, and I ran it through LeadsOnline. Within a few seconds I located the watch which had been pawned in an adjacent city. The watch was recovered and returned to the owner, who was enthusiastically happy that he was able to have his watch back.

As a result, I was able to convict the suspect who committed the burglary above. This case would not have been solved if it wasn't for the LeadsOnline program.

LeadsOnline is a valuable tool for police investigators to use in the recovery of stolen property and the identification of suspects."

Det. Jimmy Boatman
Cedar Hill Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division
Texas

"In the early morning hours, Cedar Park Police Department stopped two white males named Daniel and Eric. Daniel and Eric were stopped while carrying several large black bags containing numerous items, which would lead a good officer to believe that a burglary of a habitation occurred.

During the stop, CPPD found Daniel was in possession of a meth pipe, and he was arrested. Well, Eric was set free with out any of the property, so CPPD thought. CPPD requested my department check by a residence. Our Deputy found that the residence had been burglarized. We did not find any physical evidence connecting Daniel or Eric to the residence, other than the recovered property.

I interviewed Daniel in jail, and got nowhere. Daniel's story was that he bumped into Eric and he was carrying all the property. Eric's story was that he bumped into Daniel and he was carrying all the property. Then the story changed to 'they found the property'.

Well to make a long story short, I conducted a check on Eric through LeadsOnline, and found that he had pawned a collector's Elvis Zippo lighter, which belonged to the victim. Online showed that Eric pawned the lighter on the same day they where stopped by CPPD.

I confronted Eric with the LeadsOnline information and he then provided me a written statement, which landed burglary charges on both Daniel and Eric. Eric stated that he had hid the lighter in his sock, while he was being searched by CPPD.

This is just one story of how LeadsOnline has changed the course of my investigation, from possession of stolen property to burglary of a habitation. I have used LeadsOnline to successfully locate missing persons, track wanted suspects, and in one incident I was able to catch a complainant / victim in an insurance fraud scam.

I recommend LeadsOnline to any Department or Pawnshop establishment."

Det. Donald Foiles
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Criminal Investigation Division, Westside Property Crimes
Texas

"I checked LeadsOnline for a subject who was arrested in Panola, Texas. The subject confessed that he had been committing ID theft on the Internet. He advised that he had pawned several items in Shreveport, Louisiana. Checking with LeadsOnline, I found that he had pawned a computer. This computer is the computer he used to commit the crimes. I filled out the LeadsOnline pawn hold form, faxed it to the pawn shop and picked up the item. Thanks."

Det. Alan Davidson
Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office
Louisiana