“I am a Criminal Investigator for a Sheriff’s Office in east Texas. I use LeadsOnline on a daily basis and thus far have been able to effectively solve several cases and get personal property back to the owners. In my most recent case, I was able to locate a GPS system and obtain suspect information. Thank you LeadsOnline for all you do, you help the good guys and ‘gals’ win.”

Inv. Cayce Hampton
Henderson County Sheriff’s Office
Texas

“LeadsOnline has assisted my department in solving many cases this year. There have been multiple burglaries that were only solved by having this technology. Without LeadsOnline, the steps that would have to be taken would greatly increase our workload. 5 stars to Leads!”

Inv. Cody Guge
Harriman Police Department
Tennessee

“I had a larceny of tools case where a former employee was a suspect. I checked LeadsOnline and found where the suspect had sold the very tools he was suspected of stealing. When I called the business, they told me he had sold more tools that day. I contacted my victim, who said all of the tools sold in both incidents were his. LeadsOnline made my investigation very simple.”

Inv. John Jordan
Hanover County Sheriff’s Office
Virginia

“LeadsOnline assisted with the recovery of a 32 in. television from a local burglary. With the assistance of another law enforcement agency in our area, and the good conscience of a witness who discovered they had assisted selling stolen property, all of the pieces came together and allowed me to recover and return the television to the owner. Thanks for all that you offer to us.”

Inv. Robert Locker
Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office
Texas

“During a recent burglary to a residence investigation, I placed several suspects on a watch list. Within a few days, I received notification that one of the suspects had sold two of the stolen cellphones at an EcoATM. EcoATM reported the purchase immediately to LeadsOnline and I was able to recover the stolen property, along with obtaining detailed information from the vendor. LeadsOnline helped to speed up the investigation by providing real-time data that was valuable in the recovery and prosecution of the case.”

Inv. R.T. Taylor
Granite Quarry-Faith Joint Police Authority
North Carolina

“I received a theft/fraud complaint from an elderly woman’s niece who had recently taken over her aunt’s finances after she was placed in a nursing home. The niece stated that she had found thousands of dollars of fraudulent credit card transactions on her aunt’s credit card. The niece also reported that items were missing from her aunt’s residence including a revolver. By searching LeadsOnline, I was able to find the transactions for the stolen handgun, which was sold in October 2015! By using the name of the person that sold the handgun in a search, I was also able to find several other items that she sold! With this information, I was able to conduct an interview with the suspect who admitted to all of the criminal activity. The key to solving this case was finding that handgun on LeadsOnline! You’re making my job so much easier! Thank you!”

Inv. Jeffrey Williams
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“Glynn County Police Department received a complaint from a resident of a large amount of tools and equipment stolen. The victim stated that he located some of his items in a local business. I was assigned this case and recovered the items that the victim found. Upon searching for the person who sold the items via LeadsOnline, I discovered that the person has been selling the victim’s property at five different businesses in the southeast Georgia area. The total value of the theft was over $21,000! Using LeadsOnline, I was able to successfully recover over $14,000 worth of property and return it to the victim. This also lead to five theft by deception charges and one felony theft charge against the defendant! LeadsOnline saved an immeasurable amount of time in locating and recovering the property!”

Inv. Jeffery Williams
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“A resident filed a report of a residential burglary in which his house was broken into and several items including an X-Box 1 and several X-Box games stolen. The resident had the serial number for the X-Box, which was put into NCIC. The X-Box 1 showed up in LeadsOnline, and after running the name of the person who sold it, other items were also located at two other businesses. One of the items was sold within hours of the burglary allowing me to charge the defendant with burglary in the 1st degree and three counts of theft by deception! LeadsOnline was the major factor in solving this case! Thank you!”

Inv. Jeffery Williams
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“It just keeps getting better! While checking the list of multiple store transactions, I observed that one individual had made numerous suspicious sales of roofing tools. We later learned that these items were stolen from a construction company. From this individual’s actions, I was able to identify the person who committed the burglary. Approximately $5000 in construction equipment was recovered. I was also able to link these individuals as suspects in numerous thefts and burglaries, which occurred earlier this year. I have say that Leads Online is awesome.”

Inv. Eugene Smith
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“The hits just keep on coming! Today we had an individual stopped in another jurisdiction. A search of his vehicle resulted in the discovery of stolen property. I ran the person’s name in LeadsOnline, and discovered that he had recently sold property in our jurisdiction. I researched these items in our database, and I was able to link him to the three burglaries, all of which occurred this week.”

Inv. Eugene Smith
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“While searching LeadsOnline, I discovered a hit on a television set that was reported stolen during a burglary that happened a week ago. This investigation just took a strange twist because while I was researching the history of the victim, I discovered that he is a suspect in numerous thefts of flat screen TV sets.”

Inv. Eugene Smith
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“LeadsOnline aided me in identifying a suspect I was searching for who was involved in credit card fraud and numerous counts of 2nd Degree Burglary.”

Inv. Eugene Smith
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“LeadsOnline has assisted our agency with recovering stolen property on more than one occasion. I have spoken to area pawn shops about the benefits of using LeadsOnline and one of the shops opted to start using the system to report pawn, purchases and sales. This assisted both us and them with tracking and locating possible stolen property and/or persons selling stolen property. Just last week I testified in District Court about how we use LeadsOnline and it was approved by the Judge as a good investigative tool. Thank you.”

Inv. Greg Stewart
Erath County Sheriff’s Office
Texas

“I was contacted by a neighboring agency that does not have a LeadsOnline account. They requested I run a name for them of a suspected burglar. Due to the search, I alerted them that the suspect sold property from another burglary case that they had reached a dead end on. By using LeadsOnline, the agency cleared two burglaries with one search. This is a great tool, and the agency will be seeking to acquire an account in the very near future.”

Inv. Greg Stewart
Erath County Sheriff’s Department
Texas

“I was notified of a possible NCIC hit on stolen property. After viewing the ticket, it was confirmed the property sold to the shop was in fact stolen out of our county. I contacted the business to put the property on hold. Another case solved, and property recovered thanks to LeadsOnline.”

Inv. Greg Stewart
Erath County Sheriff’s Department
Texas

“Two years ago I was investigating a report of a breaking and entering and larceny. The victim advised who he thought the suspect was based on the suspect bragging to friends. Over a year later I made contact with the suspect who stated that he would not meet with me because his mother told him that police could lie to him and they could arrest him based on what someone said. I had already checked the suspect on LeadsOnline and nothing definitive turned up until I decided to do another search on LeadsOnline for the suspect early this year and found that the suspect sold the property late last year, after I originally talked to him, so this should probably be on Dumb Criminals too!”

Inv. Sandra Delorme
Emerald isle Police Department
North Carolina

“A residential burglary was reported in which a collection of 23 watches was taken. The value of the collection was an estimated $64,000. Bulletins were dispersed to all area businesses with descriptions and actual photographs the victim had taken to document the collection. As of this morning, 9 watches have been recovered. This morning during a LeadsOnline search, we recovered yet another watch after it was sold to a business. A total of $33,009.50 has been recovered in this case largely due to the use of LeadsOnline. Thank you for a great service!”

Inv. Bill Grant
Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office
Iowa

“Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee is very thankful to have the LeadsOnline service. Leads has helped our investigators solve several cases, so many in fact, that it’s too many to try to list out!”

Inv. Jerry Jackson
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department
Tennessee

“I was working on a burglary in Cullman County with no leads on the suspect for several days. I plugged in the girlfriend’s name to LeadsOnline and bam, bam, bam! She sold the stolen items in Madison County. Thanks LeadsOnline, I couldn’t have done it without you.”

Inv. Phillip Harris
Cullman County Sherriff’s Office
Alabama

“We had a recent burglary in our jurisdiction with no evidence linking the suspect to the crime. I ran the girlfriends name in LeadsOnline and located the stolen items, which she had sold, in another county. Case is now closed due to an arrest and the property is returned to the owner. Thanks LeadsOnline.”

Inv. Phillip Harris
Cullman County Sherriff’s Office
Alabama

“I got a report of a pistol being stolen. I had a suspect, but no serial numbers on the gun. I checked LeadsOnline and found the suspect had sold a similar gun fifty miles away from me. I got the gun back within two days of the report and he confessed, without me ever having the serial numbers. Because of this system I was able to get the serial numbers, the gun, and the arrest within two days of the report. This system is super valuable to my job as a property crimes Investigator.”

Inv. Trevor Clemmons
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Alabama

“I received a report about a burglary where a Howa Shotgun was stolen. I received info of a suspect and checked his name on LeadsOnline and located where the suspect had sold it to a pawn shop. I contacted the pawn shop and they advised me that they still had the gun and that suspect sold it to them. I was able to recover the gun in one day of receiving the report due to LeadsOnline. Thank you for such a great tool to have when working these type cases.”

Inv. Corey Freeman
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Alabama

“Still loving LeadsOnline. I was able to recover more stolen property within three days of it being stolen, even without the serial numbers to the property I was able to locate it and obtain a positive identification for the property. Thanks for all you guys do.”

Inv. Corey
Cullman County Sheriff’s Department
Alabama

“We ran a LeadsOnline search on a suspect, and from that were able to arrest and charge him with 10 counts of burglary and theft. Almost all the items were recovered. The suspect said that he could not remember where he got rid of some of the items. After checking LeadsOnline, several items were found pawned in another state. It made a lot of victims happy to get their rings, etc. back. Thanks, LeadsOnline.”

Inv. Gary Etter
Craighead County Sheriff’s Department
Arkansas

“A few months ago, I had a case where a cell phone and other items were taken from a house. After speaking with the victim, I was able to get the serial number for the cell phone that was taken. One of the first steps I took, as always, was to check the serial number of the cell phone through LeadsOnline. I received a hit on LeadsOnline that the phone was sold just hours after the incident occurred at an ecoATM machine close to the victim’s house. I printed out the information from LeadsOnline and headed to the address that was provided in the ecoATM transaction. I made contact with the suspect at the house, and after presenting him with the evidence I received from LeadsOnline, he had no other option but to confess everything! He was recently sentenced to 5 years in prison for his actions that day, and thanks to LeadsOnline, he was quickly and easily apprehended!”

Inv. Clifton Jennings
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
Georgia

“Another one bites the dust… I recently identified a burglary suspect with LeadsOnline. A male and female from Clermont County were taking jewelry to pawn shops in Newport, Kentucky during a time frame in which we had three burglaries in Monroe Twp. Once confronted with the information from Leads Online the male confessed to six burglaries that he committed, and we were able to recover some of the stolen property. Thanks Leads Online… again!”

Inv. Bernard Boerger
Clermont County Sheriff’s Office
Ohio

“While reviewing the automated reports, we were advised that a Clermont County resident crossed the state line and pawned a set of golf clubs in Newport, Kentucky. The golf clubs were reported stolen by the suspect’s father that same day. We were able to return the golf clubs to the owner and file charges on the suspect. Thanks Leads Online!”

Inv. Bernard Boerger
Clermont County Sheriff’s Office
Ohio

“Yet again, your program has helped us to recover stolen property in a short amount of time. My agency was able to locate approximately $710 worth of property the very next day after the burglary and theft. I have lost track of what my agency has recovered to date, but I am sure it is in excess of $10,000 simply by using this resource. I can’t say thank you enough, from the ease of use to the helpfulness of your staff, especially with your support team. It truly has been a game changer for us in several of our cases, and we are learning more and more how to use it to better close our cases. Thank you again.”

Inv. Kenneth Miller
Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office
Tennessee

“Using LeadsOnline, I was able to locate a watch that had been stolen from my victim. The victim did not have a serial number for the watch, but did know the suspect’s name. I was able to search for the suspect and locate where he sold the watch outside of my jurisdiction.”

Inv. Patrick Hooton
Cartersville Police Department
Georgia

“I am an investigator for a small department in southern Wisconsin. I signed our agency up for LeadsOnline and used it in a burglary case I was working on. To my surprise I located some of the missing items and found out that they were several states away, just hours after the complaint came in. The information I received from LeadsOnline played a huge part in clearing my case. Thank you!”

Inv. Trevor Long
Brodhead Police Department
Wisconsin

“Today, while using LeadsOnline, I recovered two Stihl chainsaws and a Stihl trimmer. It would not have been possible without LeadsOnline.”

Inv. Michael Blackwood
Blount County Sheriff Office
Alabama

“I was working two separate theft cases and even had surveillance video of the suspects. I could not locate any photos of the suspects from the past several years to compare to the surveillance video until I received notice from LeadsOnline that my suspects had sold a phone at an ecoATM. I was able to compare the images captured by the ecoATM to the surveillance video and make a positive identification. Two cases closed by LeadsOnline.”

Inv. Zach Hicks
Bedford Police Department
Texas

“A pawn shop owner called with concerns of a customer who was bringing in a number of high-dollar depth finders ($2,000-$3,000 each) that were still in the box. He asked if they were hot or not because of their value and because they were still being in the box. I searched LeadsOnline and found that one young man in his 20s was selling these at several stores. Based on this and the pawnshop owners concern, I contacted boat manufactures in our area along with marinas, but nothing matching these was missing. Marion County Sheriff’s Department, home of Ranger Boats, was contacted by our department (Baxter County Sheriff’s Department), and it was found that Ranger Boats had filed a report of theft of the items found. It was also found that the young man worked for them in their parts department. Investigators with Marion County Sheriff’s Office are working on arrest warrants for the individual in the case. The Marion County and Baxter County Sheriff’s Department work very well together and were able to stop this from continuing.”

Inv. Eric Neal
Baxter County Sheriff’s Office
Arkansas

“I recovered a stolen electric guitar using LeadsOnline. This case was pending for a couple of months, and before I closed it as an unsolved theft I did one last search by serial number and the guitar popped up in a pawn shop in a city about 25 miles away. Guitar and owner have been reunited.”

Inv. Mike Luna
Aransas Pass Police Department
Texas

“I was working a theft of jewelry case that occurred in a nursing home, and one of the elderly victims mentioned a housekeeping employee that she thought acted suspiciously around the times of the thefts. I had no other leads in the case and had no serial numbers to run on LeadsOnline, but I decided to run the name of the employee. I received multiple recent hits on her pawning jewelry and at least one of the jewelry items was a good enough description to make a match on paper, so I went and recovered three pieces of jewelry that a victim confirmed were hers and was able to obtain an arrest warrant on the housekeeping employee to file the case. Without LeadsOnline this case may have been inactivated without an arrest or would have been a lot more difficult to file.”

Inv. Robert Henbest
Allen Police Department
Texas

“We were having a rash of stolen apple phones and iPads so I placed a search into LeadsOnline. I was seeing the same person over and over selling new apple phones, iPads, and other brand new phones as well. It was over $25,000 worth of items sold to various businesses. He was the manager of the local phone store and they arrested him on the thefts.”

Det. Harry Sweigart
University of Dayton Police Department
Ohio

“Several stolen chain saws and trimmers were sold in Springfield. It led to a burglary arrest and the recovery of nearly $30,000 of stolen items ranging from semi tires to a stolen enclosed trailer. Thank you LeadsOnline!”

Det. John Osmer
Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office
Illinois

“While working a break and entering case I checked LeadsOnline for any of the merchandise that was stolen. Luckily I was able to locate a PS3 that had been sold in Henrico County. The merchandise was recovered and arrest are still currently being made of different suspects.”

Det. Dale Shamburg
Richmond Police Department
Virginia

“After reviewing our larceny cases over the weekend, I located a stolen TV report. After checking my `GO TO program` LeadsOnline, I located the stolen TV. Complainant was very happy of our findings! On the same transaction was also a set of Marble Chess Pieces that belonged to his late father… LeadsOnline is the best!”

Det. Robert Deko
North Branford Police Department
Connecticut

“After reviewing LeadsOnline, Detective Sean Anderson and I located and investigated a stolen Xbox controller from a juvenile. After locating it through LeadsOnline and identifying the offender, the complainants didn’t wish to pursue criminal charges against that party because it was an immediate family member who has an addiction to drugs. You guys are the best!!!!”

Det. Robert Deko
North Branford Police Department
Connecticut

“A patrol officer was investigating a theft. I was reviewing the report and found the suspect was believed to have stolen a laptop. A quick check of the suspects name found they had sold a matching laptop to a business outside our jurisdiction. Had it not been for this resource, chances are slim to have proven the suspect stole the laptop. Best part is we were able to recover it for the victim.”

Det. Jeff Smith
Medina Police Department
Ohio

“The victim believed their sibling was responsible for the theft. A quick check of the suspect revealed they had sold collectible coins to a business in another jurisdiction. Those coins were linked back to the original victim. Thank you very much, I think you solved our case for us.”

Det. Jeff Smith
Medina Police Department
Ohio

“I received a case involving the Theft of approximately $2,300 of tools from a construction job site. The victim provided the name of a suspect he believed stole his tools. On the following Monday, I ran a check through LeadsOnline and IMMEDIATELY received the information I needed to recover the tools and ultimately prosecute the thief. As if that wasn’t enough, your information revealed that the thief had stolen another set of tools valued at approximately $900 that the victim hadn’t even realized was missing! Due to your excellent service, I was able to solve a crime that may not have been solved; thanks LeadsOnline!”

Det. Andrew Green
Franklin Police Department
Tennessee

“Thanks to LeadsOnline, I was able to solve three burglaries when the suspect pawned the items at a local shop. It is because of Leads that I was able to get a 100 percent recovery of property and a confession. You have revolutionized property crime investigations!”

Det. Sgt. Donnie Manues
White County Sheriff’s Office
Arkansas

“I was assigned to investigate a burglary where several articles of jewelry were stolen. Unfortunately, there was no physical or forensic evidence found at the scene when the crime scene was processed, nor were there any witnesses located to aid in identifying a suspect. I researched LeadsOnline, as I do in ALL of my cases, and I found a transaction at a local gold buying center that documented and photographed the sale of a valuable and sentimental military ring that was stolen from my victim. I was able to not only recover the property, but I also identified the suspect who was eventually linked to other similar crimes. This would not have happened without LeadsOnline!”

Det. Sgt. Donnie Manues
White County Sheriff’s Office
Arkansas

“A few months ago, I had signed up my agency for the trial period for LeadsOnline. After the trial period expired, I had to wait for the upcoming budget fiscal year to renew the agency account. During the trial period, I was pretty impressed with what LeadsOnline can do and all of the capabilities. Now, the new fiscal budget year has begun. I called up LeadsOnline and I already had a hit notification on a stolen cell phone that was reported from our jurisdiction. We had a possible suspect identified and now with this NCIC hit notification from LeadsOnline, I am fully able to identify the suspect and pursue criminal charges against him. I am fully impressed with LeadsOnline and I am looking forward to using it to catch criminals.”

Det. Sgt. Brad Hillaker
West Wendover Police Department
Nevada

“The victim returned home after work and found his home burglarized of a flat screen TV and 80 dollars in cash. He made a report that evening and it was assigned to me the next day. I was able to talk with the victim on the following day when he gave me numbers on the TV and several names of persons that he suspected may have committed the crime. After getting off the phone with the victim, I signed on LeadsOnline, ran the numbers and the ticket that came up showed the suspect to be one of the persons that the victim had given me. He had actually pawned the TV at 12:30 pm on the day of the burglary a few hours before it was reported. I printed the LeadsOnline ticket, making it a part of the case file and obtained a felony warrant for the suspect. He was tried in Walker County Superior Court and found guilty of the burglary. The only physical evidence that was submitted at trail was the original pawn ticket from the store and the LeadsOnline print out that I had made. I did have to explain how we used LeadsOnline in investigations. After the trial and convictions which the suspect received 5 years, we polled the jury and they told us that the LeadsOnline was a big factor in their choice to convict him. So yes LeadsOnline really works well we have recovered a lot of property using LeadsOnline!”

Det. Sgt. Anthony Gilleland
Walker County Sheriff’s Office
Georgia

“We received a report of stolen property and the name of a potential suspect. Within minutes of using LeadsOnline, I located the property in an Arkansas shop, and that also confirmed the identity of the suspect. I was able to obtain photos of the property pawned and was able to get the victim to confirm identification of the items within the hour. This sometimes used to take days to accomplish. Thanks LeadsOnline!”

Det. Sgt. Larry Jones
Stone County Sheriff’s Office
Missouri

“The South Bend Police Department was alerted to a residential burglary in our city. The suspects broke in and stole over $40,000 worth of musical equipment from the home while the resident was out of town. The victim had specific details pertaining to the stolen property and we checked out area shops with no luck. Several days after the incident, South Bend Police Burglary Unit Detective Kelly Waite was utilizing LeadsOnline to check activity outside of the city. While searching data across the country, Detective Waite found a transaction in a Chicago, Illinois secondhand store. The items sold were consistent with some of the stolen property from this residential burglary. The transaction occurred within weeks of the residential burglary being investigated, and the person making the sale had ties to the South Bend, Indiana area. Detective Waite further investigated this sale, traveled to Chicago for follow up, and determined that the property sold at this Chicago secondhand store was indeed some of the property stolen from the South Bend, Indiana residence. The person making the initial transaction was located and information was gathered that led to most of the remaining property being recovered. The majority of the property was still in South Bend, Indiana. The case investigation is continuing and further leads are being followed. LeadsOnline, and the focused investigative effort by Detective Waite, are being credited with this positive outcome to a residential burglary that without them, would have still been unsolved. The South Bend Police Department began their use of LeadsOnline in September 2013. Local secondhand stores and precious metal dealers have been utilizing the LeadsOnline service to document their daily transactions since the start of 2014. Businesses have publicly given praise to LeadsOnline stating the service is free and easy to use for the merchants. Since beginning the use of LeadsOnline, the South Bend Police Department has located dozens of stolen items such as cell phones, laptop computers, game systems, bicycles and electronic devices locally. LeadsOnline has also been credited by the South Bend Police Department Burglary Unit with recovering a stolen handgun and laptop computer in two separate cases in Texas, numerous items in Chicago and locating a felony fugitive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, among several other successful usage of this tool.”

Det. Sgt. Dominic Zultanski
South Bend Police Department
Indiana

“Two years ago, a victim laid her cell phone down at a checkout counter, forgot and left it behind. A thief stepped up to the counter and put the phone in his pocket. This was caught on security video. However, the suspect was not a known person to police. The case went cold until a Walmart cell phone location began reporting traded in phones to LeadsOnline. The phone’s serial number triggered an NCIC hit to the investigators. The phone had been traded in a year ago. The individual who traded the phone was tracked down and she told investigators who she bought the phone from. A file photo of the suspect was compared to the video footage for a match. The suspect was then confronted with the video evidence and confessed.”

Det. Sgt. Scott Stephens
Purcell Police Department
Oklahoma