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The police were able to id the thieves from the surveillance videos at the stores where the idiots used my son's ATM card. They said that us reporting it was what broke the case. It seems they had never gotten an ATM card before and most people hadn't bothered reporting the small thefts thinking there was nothing they could do about it.
There were 3 of them. Two brothers and a friend. At least 2 had prior records. When they went to arrest them they found all kinds of stuff. I-pods and phones and stereos etc. They even tried to run and one of them was tazed. OMG I wish I could have seen that. Apparently all 3 are in jail right now.
My son is even getting his phone back as soon as they get the paperwork all done proving it is his.
Really funny thing is that when my son went down to the police station last week they had him look at pics of them to see if he knew them. They took stills from the video and matched them up to myspace. Those were the pics that they used to show my son. Hahahahaha
So... maybe there is some justice. Cool.