GPS leads to arrest - 03/14/10
CHEYENNE -- With the help of police detectives in New York and a GPS system, Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers early last week arrested three men driving a stolen car filled with at least $37,000 in suspected stolen goods.
Detectives in New York City contacted the Wyoming Highway Patrol to let them know they were tracking a Pontiac G6 near Rawlins that had been reported stolen from a rental agency, according to a media release from Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend. The car contained a GPS that New York police used to track it to Wyoming.
About 8 p.m. Monday, a trooper spotted the vehicle seven miles west of Rawlins and pulled it over. The three men inside the car were taken into custody and troopers searched the vehicle.
Inside, authorities found jewelry, laptop computers, cell phones, digital music players and digital cameras. All of the items appeared to be brand new and still had store tags on them, and some had steel cables consistent with store display models still attached, Townsend wrote.
Soon after, troopers determined that the jewelry, valued at $37,000, had been stolen earlier in the day from a jewelry store in Rock Springs. A total value of the other items has not yet been determined. Some of the items had tags from stores outside of Wyoming.
The three men in the car, Dexter Bernal, 23; Travis Haynes, 21; and Anthony Daley, 32, are all from the Brooklyn, N.Y, area and remain in custody.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol and New York police continue to investigate and have contacted authorities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Utah regarding the case.
Detectives in New York City contacted the Wyoming Highway Patrol to let them know they were tracking a Pontiac G6 near Rawlins that had been reported stolen from a rental agency, according to a media release from Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend. The car contained a GPS that New York police used to track it to Wyoming.
About 8 p.m. Monday, a trooper spotted the vehicle seven miles west of Rawlins and pulled it over. The three men inside the car were taken into custody and troopers searched the vehicle.
Inside, authorities found jewelry, laptop computers, cell phones, digital music players and digital cameras. All of the items appeared to be brand new and still had store tags on them, and some had steel cables consistent with store display models still attached, Townsend wrote.
Soon after, troopers determined that the jewelry, valued at $37,000, had been stolen earlier in the day from a jewelry store in Rock Springs. A total value of the other items has not yet been determined. Some of the items had tags from stores outside of Wyoming.
The three men in the car, Dexter Bernal, 23; Travis Haynes, 21; and Anthony Daley, 32, are all from the Brooklyn, N.Y, area and remain in custody.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol and New York police continue to investigate and have contacted authorities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Utah regarding the case.