Vehicle's OnStar tracking device helps crack burglary cases

Vehicle's OnStar tracking device helps crack burglary cases

This photo released by the sheriff's office shows some of the stolen property recovered by detectives.

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Story Published: Mar 8, 2007 at 2:29 PM PDT

Story Updated: Mar 8, 2007 at 2:29 PM PDT

By Associated Press

Investigators in Kittitas County say a stolen car equipped with the OnStar GPS system helped detectives crack theft ring.

Undersheriff Clayton Meyers said that over the last two months burglars have hit many vacation homes in the area, taking metal cable from power lines and stealing property from inside the houses.

On Wednesday morning, Meyers said a resident on Augusta Drive noticed his neighbor's garage door open and car missing. The owner was travelling out of state at the time, so the man called police.

Meyers said the home had been burglarized and detectives learned that the stolen car had an OnStar tracking device installed. Investigators used the car's OnStar system to track it to a storage unit in Auburn.

Police found the burglary suspects trying to rent a storage unit and arrested them. Officers were led to a motel room connected to the suspects and found stolen property from several of the other Kittitas County burglaries, Meyers said.

"This was a tremendous break in our cases," Meyers said in a statement, "and it illustrates how technology continues to aid in public safety."

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