November 26, 2005

Man Uses Mapping Software to Steal Legos

I kid you not. From a CNN story...

"In a laptop found inside Swanberg's car, investigators also found the addresses of numerous Target stores in the Portland area, their locations carefully plotted on a mapping software." (sic)

Nov 26, 2005 5:07:00 PM | Software

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