Computer Helps Track Burglary Suspect

Cops charge Massapequa man in thefts of landlord's computers.

Posted Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:09 am ET|Updated Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:13 am ET

This computer didn't want to be stolen.

Police arrested a Massapequa man Monday for allegedly stealing two of his landlord's computers.

He was caught because one of the machines was equipped with a theft recovery system, cops said

Police charged Oscar Mejia with burglary and possession of stolen property.

Mejia illegally entered the victim's downstairs apartment on Emily Street twice, to swipe the computers, cops said.

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