“Edmon Shahikian, 23, of 13 Cobbling Rock Road, Katonah, and Ian Frias, 20, of 1609 E. 174th St., the Bronx, were picked up at their homes Wednesday night after the victim turned the pictures over to police. The police said they recovered most of the $5,000 worth of electronics stolen in the burglary,” Liebson reports.
“On Tuesday, police said, one of the victims, who works at The Apple Store in The Westchester mall, received a call from a friend asking her if she was online,” Liebson reports. “The victim said no, and was told by the friend that his computer showed her as being logged onto the Internet.”
“At that point, police said, the victim signed onto another computer and used the ‘Back to My Mac‘ program to determine that her stolen MacIntosh laptop indeed was signed onto the Web and that someone was using it to shop online. She then activated the stolen computer’s camera, allowing her to ‘see’ what was in front of the laptop,” Liebson reports.
“At first, police said, she saw only an empty chair. But a short time later, they said, she was able to photograph a man, Shahikian, sitting in front of her stolen laptop. The victim then was able to find photos of Frias using the computer after it had been stolen, police said,” Liebson reports.
“The computer-savvy victim contacted police, gave them the tell-tale photos, and the arrests were made a short time later,” Liebson reports.
“Frias and Shahikian were arrested last year on charges of criminal possession of marijuana, a felony, after police recovered 3 pounds of marijuana worth about $7,500 in a Jeep they were in,” Liebson reports.
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MacDailyNews Take: Obviously, this modern day Cheech and Chong are criminally stupid. Looks like .Mac paid for itself many times over in this case.