[ISN] Hillsborough sheriff: McDonald's run tripped up military laptop thieves

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:39:57 -0600 (CST)
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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