Nathaniel Firethorn
December 31, 2002, 10:58 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/12/31/gps.stalk.ap/index.html
Police: GPS device used to stalk woman
Tuesday, December 31, 2002 Posted: 10:50 AM EST (1550 GMT)
KENOSHA, Wisconsin (AP) -- A man was charged Monday with stalking his former live-in girlfriend with help from a high-tech homing device placed under the hood of her car.
Paul Seidler, 42, was arrested during the weekend. On Monday, he was charged with stalking, burglary, second-degree reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, and ordered held on $50,000 bail.
According to a criminal complaint, Connie Adams asked Seidler to move out of her apartment October 25 after a three-year relationship. Prosecutors say he immediately began following her, including when she ran errands and went to work.
Found under hood
Investigators checked under the hood of Adams' vehicle and found a Global Positioning System that uses satellite and digital cellular technology to pinpoint a target's location.
Seidler's attorney did not return a telephone call Monday seeking comment.
A preliminary hearing was set Jan. 8.Kind of wierd, because to track the car it'd also have to transmit coordinates.
But they ought to be registered, then confiscated, whatever they are. Think of the children.
- pdmoderator
Police: GPS device used to stalk woman
Tuesday, December 31, 2002 Posted: 10:50 AM EST (1550 GMT)
KENOSHA, Wisconsin (AP) -- A man was charged Monday with stalking his former live-in girlfriend with help from a high-tech homing device placed under the hood of her car.
Paul Seidler, 42, was arrested during the weekend. On Monday, he was charged with stalking, burglary, second-degree reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, and ordered held on $50,000 bail.
According to a criminal complaint, Connie Adams asked Seidler to move out of her apartment October 25 after a three-year relationship. Prosecutors say he immediately began following her, including when she ran errands and went to work.
Found under hood
Investigators checked under the hood of Adams' vehicle and found a Global Positioning System that uses satellite and digital cellular technology to pinpoint a target's location.
Seidler's attorney did not return a telephone call Monday seeking comment.
A preliminary hearing was set Jan. 8.Kind of wierd, because to track the car it'd also have to transmit coordinates.
But they ought to be registered, then confiscated, whatever they are. Think of the children.
- pdmoderator
