Lunchtime Links: Cops call in a helicopter to search for cell-phone thief

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APPalo Alto police scoured backyards and used a helicopter to search for a suspect who stole a Droid smartphone. They didn't find him.

Police from three different agencies set up a perimeter, conducted a yard-by-yard search and used a helicopter to scour a neighborhood in Palo Alto, Calif. Tuesday night.
The heinous crime? Someone stole a pedestrian's Droid smartphone.

To top it off, they didn't catch the suspect. "I think the helicopter is what threw more attention to this," Palo Alto police Agent Max Nielepko told the San Jose Mercury News.

» Read the story: Palo Alto: Droid phone snatcher slips away despite police, helicopter search [San Jose Mercury News]


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