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So a lot has happened in the past few days and I’m just a little overwhelmed with everything but I’ll try to clear a few things up and let everyone know what’s going on.

There seems to be a lot of confusion around who was who and who did what. I believe that the person pictured in the pawn shop photos and the person in the recording are 2 different people. I know the person in the recording said “…I stole you XBOX”, which on it’s own is good reason to think he was involved in burglarizing my house. I do not know who the person in the pawn shop pictures is, yes he did come to my house to return the laptop, but this wasn’t the same person in the pictures posted everywhere else.

So to make things crystal clear so far there are 2 separate people, the person who returned the laptop and is pictured in the original photos posted here, and the person who has the XBOX and most likely sent the original message on XBOX Live, who has made no effort to contact me and return the mechandise. There may be some speculation that the person in the pictures is “Anthony Sheridan”, the person the mother named, I will let you know if that information leads anywhere.

Also I have heard from the detectives, they left a message for me, and will be in contact with them shortly.

Thanks a lot for everyones help!

[UPDATE:] I almost forgot that I have proof the mother is lying. Please click on the images to see them larger.

XBOX Live messages from I iRandom I:

Here are some emails I received as well:

Just a quick update:

Dear Internet, thanks for having my back. I am amazed at the response I have had. Unfortunately I think this kid only bought the xbox from the actual robber for $200 and then tried to act tough by leaving me that message, apparently he didn’t know that I roll deep. The kid is scared and I will be in contact with his parents shortly so there’s probably no need to continue harassing him. He is already immortalized by the internet as a MORON!

Some Links:
http://plasmashield.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/kid-steals-xbox-uses-xbl-to-contact-owner-to-demand-payment-brings-down-the-wrath-of-digg-users/

http://xboxmoron.wikidot.com/

I especially enjoyed the AIM logs.

Those that know me are aware that my house was burglarized on March 12th while I was returning from SXSW. For the uninitiated, my house was broken into around 2:30-3:00pm and they made off with my xbox 360, an old powerbook (which they grabbed the wrong charger for) and ripped my TV right off the wall. Needless to say it was shitty news to come home to, but things can be replaced and I was happy that my dog, who was downstairs at the time, wasn’t hurt.

Knowing full well that the detectives couldn’t be counted on to “search” for the stolen items I took it upon myself to call around to the local pawn shops and the very first one I called (Thanks Google Maps!) recalled a young white man who came in trying to sell a G4 Powerbook but the battery was dead and he didn’t have the right charger (clue 1) so he decided not to buy it. He also noted that the screen wouldn’t stay up on its own (clue 2), which is the reason it was replaced with a MBP. I immediately knew it was the laptop that was taken from my house and started asking about cameras in the store and if they would be willing to let me somehow get a picture of this guy. The guy working there wasn’t sure how to get the images off the security system machine so I took down a digital camera and got some second hand shots off the monitor as well as some video.

Take a little look:

After getting these photos I tried contacting the detectives for my case and waiting around for 3+ hours and no one ever showed up. That was a week ago and I still haven’t heard anything. This kid is most likely some local punk and is probably easily identifiable to “the man”, I’m practically solving my case for them.

Then I’m left speechless…

While getting ready to leave work on Friday the 21st my office is swarmed by some of the greatest people I have ever had the pleasure of working with who proceed to present me with a brand new xbox 360 and a copy of halo 3. The kindness of my coworkers made my day and made me proud to work side by side with them all. However this is only where the excitement begins…

Really, How stupid can you be?

I eventually hook up the new xbox (to my 20″ replacement TV) @ 4am and as soon as I recover my xbox live account I receive a voice message from someone I don’t know.

Have a listen, I’ll wait: idiot.mp3

Ready? OK. So this guy decided to leave me a voice message explicitly stating that he stole my Halo edition xbox 360 and that I could buy it back from him. Are you fucking kidding me? First thing I checked is whether or not it was a new account and sure enough the account shows usage back to 2007 and I’m willing to bet that it’s his personal account and will have his info associated with it. I wasn’t sure what to do so I tried calling East Detectives and was basically told to call back M-F during normal business hours, while I was on the phone I received TWO more messages from the culprit and explained to the person on the other end of the phone that I was now being harassed by the person who robbed my house and was hung up on.

GOOD JOB PHILADELPHIA POLICE, Gold Stars all around!

Heres a link to Mr. Morons xbox profile (have to sign in I believe): I iRaNDoM I

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