GPS Tracking and Darwin
GPS bracelet puts teen at the scene of the crime
Tampa, Florida - A Hillsborough County teen may have a hard time denying he was one of three people who broke into a house in Valrico. Deputies say his GPS tracking bracelet puts him at the scene of the crime.
Anthony Hunter, 17, David Harrell, 19, and Curtis Walsh, 22, all face numerous charges related to a break-in last week.
Deputies say a neighbor saw the men breaking into the Springville Drive home and called deputies.
Investigators say the suspects first crashed their getaway car and then took off running.
Deputies finally rounded up the suspects and noticed Hunter was wearing a GPS tracking monitor.
They say a check of the system proved Hunter was one of the burglars. Source:
Featured today is one Anthony Hunter. A nice young lad of 17, although apparently not all that nice because he was required by authorities to wear a GPS tracking bracelet. Well, lot’s of teens get in trouble at that age point, and a brush with the law often gives the opportunity to get their head on straight and clean up their act.
Anthony, however, has a head a little harder than most. Knowing he had the bracelet on and was already a subject of law enforcement interest, Anthony decides to “hang out” with a couple other clever young men, where, perhaps because Hillsborough County didn’t provide him enough recreation activities, or a teacher looked at him crosswise in the 6th grade or his mom didn’t love him enough … got to be someone else’s fault, not Anthony’s … he heads off with his role-model buddies to burglarize a house.
Notice it didn’t mealy-mouth that statement and say “allegedly” burglarized the house? Why? Because the dumb-ass was still wearing his GPS bracelet which clearly showed he was at the scene on the date and time of the burglary.
Way to go, Anthony. And way to go Hillsborough County, when you invested in the GPS program I bet you didn’t know it would catch criminals quite that effectively. GPS tracking doesn’t cost, it pays.