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Posted by David T. Ashley on February 9, 2008, 11:56 pm
> HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - After Adam Grove had his custom
> motorcycle helmet stolen, he turned to eBay. Turns out, so did
> the thief.
>
> Grove went to the online auction site looking for a replacement
> http://snipr.com/eBayHelmets , but he became suspicious when he
> noticed the seller lived near where the helmet was stolen. The
> thief had clipped the cable lock lashing the helmet to the
> handlebars when the bike was parked outside a Mechanicsburg
> restaurant in August 2006.
>
> Grove outbid another suitor, offering $139, and called police.
>
> Jurors last month convicted Christopher J. Blatnik, 23, of
> theft. He had claimed he had found the helmet while jogging at 1
> a.m.
>
> However, Grove can't wear the helmet just yet - it's sitting in
> an evidence room until Blatnik's appeals end.
It happens.
A female acquaintance did a couple years in prison for dozens of B&E's she
committed with her then boyfriend.
They got caught when they were at a hotel on their way up north to go skiing
(naturally, with stolen equipment) and the original owner of one of the
pairs of skis just happened to be at the same hotel. He looked in or on
their car and noticed "Hey, those are my skis!".
That was the beginning of the end ...
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