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Hillsborough sheriff: McDonald's run tripped up military laptop thieves
2011-02-17 07:39

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1151938.ece By Jessica Vander Velde Times Staff Writer February 17, 2011 TAMPA -- They came with rappel lines, a power saw and wire cutters. Had they packed food, the thieves who lifted $7.4 million in military laptops from an east Hills­borough warehouse in March might have savored success. But there sat Rolando Coca, staring into a videocamera at a McDonald's drive-through, midway through the biggest cargo heist in Hillsborough history. "That's really one of the things that broke the case for us," Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee said Wednesday. For nearly a year, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office kept quiet about its investigation into the intriguing theft at iGov Technologies, which contracts with the Special Operations Command. When news accidentally leaked out through a search warrant filed in July, military officials assured the public that the laptops contained no sensitive information. [...]


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