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Busted on World of Warcraft

Posted by Christian On 3:50 PM

Police in Howard County, IN, had little hope of catching an escaped fugitive, rumored to be out of the country.  …At least, until they found out that he was an avid World of Warcraft (WoW) player.  (World or Warcraft is an extremely popular online multi-player role-playing game run by Blizzard Entertainment.)

 

Howard County Sheriff’s Department deputy Matt Roberson was able to send a subpoena to the CA-based company and get a wealth of information on the suspect’s accounts- including his IP address, preferred server, and billing address.  “I did a search off the IP address to locate him,” said Roberson. “I got a longitude and latitude. Then I went to Google Earth. It works wonders. It uses longitude and latitude. Boom! I had an address. I was not able to go streetside at the location, but I had him.”

 

They contacted the U.S. Marshals, who worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Border Services Agency to have him deported, and he is now back in the U.S., where he will be facing drug dealing charges in Howard County, IN.

 

Check out the full story at:  http://kokomoperspective.com/news/local_news/article_15a0a546-f574-11de-ab22-001cc4c03286.html

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