News and Success Stories

“While searching my stores, I located a stolen bicycle valued at $800. The bicycle was returned to the victim, and the suspect was charged.”

Det. Steven Fisher
Jeffersontown Police Department
Kentucky

“There was a reported burglary where several tools were stolen. I checked LeadsOnline and found that the tools had been sold at a secondhand store in Madison, Wisconsin. I was able to recover the property, and the victim identified it as his. I arrested two suspects, and the person who sold the tools confessed to the burglary. Without LeadsOnline, I don’t think we would have been able to solve this case so quickly. Thank you!”

Det. Shaun Goyette
Juneau County Sheriff’s Office
Wisconsin

“I am currently assigned to the detectives division as the Accident Investigator. I don’t usually get assigned too many thefts or burglaries, but when I do, I use LeadsOnline. Recently I was assigned a burglary case where the victim had lost her husband a few months prior and decided that she needed to hire a handyman to do honey do’s around her house. She placed an ad in the local newspaper and hired someone after reviewing several applications and conducting interviews. He was the ideal worker. He cut grass and reorganized her garage. Little did the victim know that she was slowly getting ripped off. The victim had placed a miter saw on Craigslist and when she had a potential buyer she discovered the saw was missing. The victim suspected the handyman because he had access to her garage where the saw was taken from. I ran his name in LeadsOnline and received hits on his name for 35 items in the previous 60 days. The victim was ecstatic when we were able to retrieve several of her stolen family heirlooms and keepsakes that belonged to her late husband. While the victim and I were checking the pawnshops, we discovered several other items she had not yet realized were missing. Thanks to LeadsOnline, I was able to go further back in time and find that he pawned 65 items since he was hired. In all, the victim was able to get most of her property back and could not be happier. Thanks to LeadsOnline this widow can still hold onto a part of her life that was taken away.”

Det. Humberto Gonzalez
Kingsville Police Department
Texas

“The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office was able to clear up to 10 burglaries based on pawn activity from one of two suspects! Thanks LeadsOnline!”

Det. Andrew Hynek
La Porte County Sheriff’s Office
Indiana

“In early February I used LeadsOnline to link a suspect to a case of burglary of a motor vehicle by using a serial number search. The suspect, who is a known and repeat offender, pawned a GPS that was taken during a car burglary. I was able to retrieve the GPS as well as video of the suspect when he pawned it. Charges were filed on the suspect and the elderly couple that had the GPS stolen was very pleased to get their property back. This case was solved almost immediately because of the information provided.”

Det. Jeff Plemons
La Porte Police Department
Texas

“I was able to file a second charge on a suspect and recover the victim’s high-end Kenwood stereo…thanks to LeadsOnline. The case was a BMV with forced entry. Through latent print evidence, I quickly was able to file BMV on the suspect, however, that suspect did not show any recent transaction activity. Low and behold, a few days later, I located my victim’s stereo by using LeadsOnline. When I obtained the surveillance video from the business, it had my main suspect in the BMV at the business with the crook that sold the victim’s stereo. I was able to recover the victim’s stereo and file Theft by receiving on the crook that sold it.”

Det. Matt Davidson
La Porte Police Department
Texas

“Thanks to LeadsOnline, we were able to recover a stolen iPad from a local pawn shop that had been pawned two days after it was reported stolen. Not only was the property recovered, but the subject was identified and will soon be pending prosecution.”

Det. Wesley Bair
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas

“I am a detective assigned to investigate burglaries and thefts. I was assigned a burglary in which over $10,000 of tools were taken from a warehouse. The victim gave me information on a person he suspected to have committed the burglary. Before I could contact that person, the victim contacted me with serial numbers for some of the stolen property. Using the pawn shop search in LeadsOnline, I was able to locate some of the stolen property in another jurisdiction. I was able to recover property at two pawn shops, identify a suspect and recover additional property at his residence. Video from one of the pawn shops allowed me to identify a second suspect. Neither suspect was the person named by the victim. LeadsOnline was able to eliminate wasted time in my investigation as well as identify the suspects in the case.”

Det. Russell Leonards
Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office
Louisiana

“I want to say thank you for all of your hard work and the great product you’ve created. As a Detective with the Harker Heights Police Department, I was assigned a case for investigation. Using your system, I was able to locate two stolen musical instruments, a $2,600 value, and secure them within 5 hours of getting this case. Needless to say, the business owner was very happy.”

Det. Benjamin Duiker
Harker Heights Police Department
Texas

“I have two success stories. The first was one in which led to a guilty conviction of a Felony Obtain Property by False Pretense. The second was a felony case currently pending in court. By using your services I was able to locate property and return it to the owners. Thanks!”

Det. David Adams
Harnett County Sheriff’s Office
North Carolina

“I contacted a burglary suspect who denied she had pawned any jewelry. I used our normal procedure of faxing pawn checks to the local pawn shops on my suspect. The pawn checks came back negative. I then used the LeadsOnline to check on the suspect’s pawn history, and what do you know? She had actually pawned $6000 worth of jewelry at a local pawn shop in the recent months. Since we have had access to your system, I have been implementing this as part of my investigative procedure.”

Det. Frank Fuentes
Henderson Police Department
Nevada

“LeadsOnline has been an excellent tool for our Police Department! It has really enhanced our scope of searches and how we investigate. We recently recovered a stolen firearm from a burglary that occurred nearly 10 years ago and continue to recover jewelry and other items with the ability to view color photos. Conducting searches is so easy that we can virtually work cases backwards. I recently looked into a person of interest and found that he had been selling jewelry. We contacted his family members and found that he had stolen their jewelry. We were able to recover the family’s jewelry quickly. We love LeadsOnline!”

Det. Chris Gordon
Henrico County
Virginia

“A patrol officer provided information about a suspicious vehicle and a suspicious male walking in the neighborhood of recent burglaries. Using LeadsOnline, I was able to add the male’s name and see that he sold a diamond ring. The store took photographs of the ring, as well as the suspect’s driver’s license. My victim identified the ring as hers. Without LeadsOnline, we would have never known about this transaction.”

Det. A.M. Lancaster
Henrico County Police Division
Virginia

“Our agency recently met with your representatives about acquiring your program. We are in the 30-day trial period, and I personally love this program. It has already helped me track down and arrest a wanted suspect. I had a suspect who was wanted for dealing in stolen property and defrauding a pawn broker. He lived out of our area, and I had been unable to locate the suspect. I ran him though your site and found a recent pawn transaction. The suspect gave a different and more updated address. I was able to research the new address and have another agency respond, contact and arrest him on my charges.”

Det. Chris Kraft
Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
Florida

“LeadsOnline rep, Anya, visited me at the Hialeah Gardens Police Station to educate me and my fellow detectives on how to use the system. During the training, I discovered that three iPads and two iPhones had been sold in our city. These items were the same ones that were taken in a residential burglary. This discovery led us to arrest four suspects. Our agency was able to clear a total of five cases, two residential burglaries and three vehicle burglaries. Our neighboring agency, Hialeah Police, also cleared numerous cases due to the lead that began with LeadsOnline. Thank you!”

Det. Adrian Lopez
Hialeah Gardens Police Department
Florida

“We recently made an arrest for several burglaries throughout the city of Hialeah and Hialeah Gardens. The subjects were targeting residents and vehicles. They were ‘car hopping’ by going up and down residential areas and attempting to locate unlocked vehicles. If unlocked, they opened and removed any property from inside. This was mostly done during the night hours. During the day, they committed residential burglaries by entering through the rear of the house, breaking a bedroom window or sliding glass door. Once inside the residence, they ransacked the houses and removed jewelry and electronics. On some cases, the subjects removed the keys to the victim’s vehicle and stole the vehicle. At the end of the crime spree, the subjects would get together and attempt to sell the property at a local business. We used LeadsOnline to recover some of the property and identify the suspects.”

Det. Donald Duhart
Hialeah Police Department
Florida

“I received info via email from Greenwood Police Department Indiana, in reference to a burglary of a business that occurred and LeadsOnline showed that three Rolex watches were pawned in the City of Hialeah. The Hialeah Police Pawn Shop detectives located the stolen Rolexes. The subject was positively identified and the watches were put on hold.”

Det. Donald Duhart
Hialeah Police Department
Florida

“The Unit was contacted by Miami-Dade County Police Department detectives to assist them in identifying fraudulent pawns in our city involving a subject they had identified. A LeadsOnline pawn database search revealed that the subject that had been identified had in fact pawned gold items on two separate occasions. All the items pawned positively identified by the Miami-Dade County Police Department. victim. The subject was arrested and charged by Miami-Dade County Police Department with burglary charges as well as false verification of ownership by the city of Hialeah detectives.”

Det. Michael Moloney
Hialeah Police Department
Florida

“We had a burglary reported and after processing the scene, I checked LeadsOnline and found that the person we suspected of committing the burglary sold five pieces of jewelry in Philadelphia. The victim was shown the photograph of the jewelry that was sold by the suspect, and the victim immediately identified the jewelry as the items which were stolen from the residence. The suspect was interviewed several hours later, and initially denied any involvement in the burglary as he did when questioned about another recent burglary. The suspect was confronted with the information gained from LeadsOnline and subsequently confessed to both burglaries.”

Det. Louis Bell
Hilltown Township Police Department
Pennsylvania

“Once again, an easy search of my suspect led me to recover stolen property and felony charges for theft!”

Det. Anthony Tenuto
Hoffman Estates Police Department
Illinois

“This investigator conducted a follow up investigation on a residential burglary that occurred back in February 2014. I received a possible hit from LeadsOnline regarding two items that were stolen from this residential burglary and sold at a neighboring business. The two suspects were identified, but they took back these items before I could recover them. The suspects were brought into the PD at which time they were charged with possession of stolen property.”

Det. Anthony Tenuto
Hoffman Estates Police Department
Illinois

“Thank you LeadsOnline! You helped me recover stolen property as well as arrest my offender on six counts of residential burglary! As soon as I showed him the stack of receipts from the two shops where he sold the stolen property at, you could see the look of defeat come over him. I’m a rock star!”

Det. Anthony Tenuto
Hoffman Estates Police Department
Illinois

“I was investigating a theft case where a $15,000.00 5-carat diamond ring was stolen. The victim told me that the satellite repair man was at her house the night she realized that her ring was missing. I followed up with the company and gathered information on the worker. The supervisor for the company advised me that the worker was from St. Louis and was sent to the Birmingham area to help clear a heavy work load. As I do in all of my cases, I entered the workers name into LeadsOnline for a search to be conducted. The third day that the information was in the system, I got a hit back on the suspect’s name. The suspect pawned a ring matching the one of my victims’ in St. Louis, Missouri. I followed up with a Detective in St. Louis to get the ring recovered and to get a picture sent to me so the victim could identify the ring as hers. Once the ring was identified by the victim, I was able to get the ring shipped to Birmingham and get it returned to the victim. The defendant in this case was charged with Theft 1st and will be extradited back to Birmingham. Without LeadsOnline, the ring that had sentimental value to my victim would not have been recovered.”

Det. Clark Raymond
Hoover Police Department
Alabama

“In February, a Hot Spring County resident was burglarized. This event was traumatic and they feared that the person responsible may return. Hot Spring County Sheriff’s Department responded and processed the crime scene. The victim was able to provide a copy of the item that had been taken from his home. One item was a set of samurai swords that had unique characteristics on them. Armed with this information, I detailed my searched and discovered the business that had the victim’s property, thus leading to an arrest, and recovered the victim’s property back. The victim reported an estimate of $17,000 of valuables that had been taken. Without LeadsOnline, our case may not have to lead to the arrest so quickly.”

Det. Greg McKinney
Hot Spring County Sheriff’s Office
Arkansas

“Upon entering his home, a resident of Houma realized his backdoor had been forcibly opened. As he investigated his home, he realized his PlayStation 3 had been removed, along with the controllers and several games. Moving through the home, he discovered that his childrens’ Nintendo DS and PSP had also been stolen from the home. After he filed a report, we did a quick search of LeadsOnline, and we located the stolen items by matching serial numbers of the stolen game systems to those reported by the pawn shop. A few other items within the home had been stolen as well, and they were identified by the victims of the crime. Over $400 in property was obtained from the scene. A suspect has been identified, and there is a warrant currently out for his arrest. LeadsOnline does it again!”

Det. Keith Craft
Houma Police Department
Louisiana

“A burglary of a residence occurred in our city on December 30, 2009. Several items of jewelry and a television were stolen. There were no real leads in the case, so I checked LeadsOnline using a broader description of the stolen items. I located a watch possbily meeting the description bases on how the pawn shop described it and value. I went to the pawn shop and located the serial number of that watch. The value of that watch was nearly $30,000. From the store video, we were able to identify two of the four suspects. An arrest was made in the case. Later, I had a possible hit on one of the other stolen watches. I was able to later identify this watch being stolen with the value of $20,000. In both cases the serial numbers were not recorded by the pawn shops. The search was done on name and series of the watches. The victim had given up hope of the property ever being recovered. This is why I use broader searches.”

Det. Martin Hyvl
Huntsville Police Department
Texas

“We used LeadsOnline to clear a number of burglaries in three parishes here in Louisiana. Among those was a case where we made an arrest and recovered thousands of dollars in property. The case is still ongoing, so I can’t give out more information at this time. Thanks y’all!”

Det. Sean Moore
Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office
Louisiana

“I use this system on a daily basis as part of my investigative process, and it is one of the best tools I have at my disposal! Recently, Detective David Spurgeon and I used LeadsOnline to research a suspect we had developed while investigating residential burglaries. Upon running a 60 day search, we discovered the suspect had sold 98 items in the previous 60 days! We also found he had sold a total of 141 items from January, 2011, through September, 2011. Some of the recent items he pawned were taken in a burglary just the day before. Once we located the suspect and interviewed him, we learned that he was the go between with other suspects who are doing residential burglaries on the Westside of Indianapolis. Without LeadsOnline we would have had a more difficult time locating this stolen property and identifying the people involved in these crimes. Thanks, again, LeadsOnline!”

Det. Larry Craciunoiu
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Indiana

“A complaint was made to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office of a theft and burglary where four antique tractors were taken from a property, plus several items from the residence on the property. Less than one hour after receiving the complaint, a check through LeadsOnline revealed two of the tractors being sold to a scrap yard in Alexandria, Louisiana. The next day, another tractor was located at another scrap yard — and the fourth tractor was located at a third scrap yard. My search also found a High School ring from the complainant being sold at a Pawn Shop. The complainant didn’t know the ring was stolen, so she was very surprised and thankful to get the ring back. At the start of the investigation I had four suspects, to date one has been arrested, two warrants have been issued and one pending.”

Det. Doug James
Grant Parish Sheriffs Office
Colfax, Louisiana

“About a month ago, we took advantage of the LeadsOnline 30 day free trial. Previously, I would contact the business and have them gather information for me. They were always helpful, but turnaround time was poor, and I always had to ask for assistance. We took full advantage of the trial period, made several arrests and recovered victim’s property. I inquired about LeadsOnline from a cost standpoint and was really pleased at how little the cost for our department would be. I had no problem presenting this to our Sheriff, and he immediately got us on board. We have recovered numerous stolen items, family heirlooms, etc. and made several felony arrests. Our entire department is very pleased with our newest tool in our fight against crime.”

Det. James O’malley
Greene County Sheriff’s Department
Indiana

“A burglary was reported to our department and the victim was a long-time state level politician. He reported the theft of thousands of dollars worth of sound equipment and related electronics. These items were located the next day with information provided by LeadsOnline. The suspect, a career criminal with outstanding warrants from a neighboring state, was apprehended two days later. All stolen items were returned to the owner.”

Det. James O’Malley
Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Indiana

“During the month of January, LeadsOnline has started my year off right. I have solved two cases sitting at my desk typing in some names, numbers, and items. I have solved two theft cases, one being of several guns and multiple power tools. LeadsOnline is one of the best tools we have in our arsenal today. Last year I solved a crime before the report was even put on my desk. Any time I get a theft report, the first place I start is LeadsOnline. If you are not using LeadsOnline, you are hindering your ability to solve multiple crimes in your area. Thank you, LeadsOnline.”

Det. Brian Hartman
Greenfield Police Department
Indiana

“We recovered two stolen GPS units that had been sold to a pawn shop by the same person outside of our jurisdiction. These units were taken over several nights when numerous vehicles were broken into. Just by searching the surrounding area for pawned or sold GPS units, we were able to develop a suspect and recover property from several of the thefts.”

Det. Randy Ratliff
Greenfield Police Department
Indiana

“I received a partial hit on three cell phone numbers. The IMEI number was put in as the serial number. LeadsOnline caught this and sent the alert. After investigating further, I found that the three cell phones were the ones that were stolen. This is an amazing system that really is a great tool for law enforcement.”

Det. Ronald Chittum
Greenfield Police Department
Indiana

“Solved two cases yesterday! A burglary and a theft. Thanks LeadsOnline, what a great tool!”

Det. Ronald Chittum
Greenfield Police Department
Indiana

“I was assigned a case involving a stolen cell phone. I then queried leadsonline.com and located the stolen cell phone on the NCIC hit list. Case Solved. Thanks leadsonline.com!”

Det. John Alexander
Greensboro Police Department
North Carolina

“With the help of LeadsOnline, I was able to recover a stolen cell phone, return it to the owner and make an arrest!”

Det. Adam Smith
Greenville Police Department
North Carolina

“I used LeadsOnline to recover a video game system that was stolen eight to nine months ago. The property recovery actually led to locating a suspect, and later closing a breaking and entering case in a high crime area.”

Det. Christopher Dawson
Greenville Police Department
North Carolina

“There was a larceny of electronic equipment, iPads and iPhones. Using LeadsOnline, I was able to locate one of the stolen iPhones within 10 hours of it being stolen. It was traded into a local ecoATM. Thanks to the quick locate, I was able to retrieve the property and warrants will be forthcoming.”

Det. Stanley Styron
Greenville Police Department
North Carolina

“Our agency had recently gotten LeadsOnline and I had just completed my tutorial with customer support. I grabbed my first case and ran the serial number of a stolen computer monitor from a commerical burglary. Instantly, I got a hit and identified a suspect in the case! I had been checking this item through another system we have, but could never locate the item. Without LeadsOnline, there is no telling how long it would have taken for me to find this and solve my case.”

Det. Christopher Reider
Greenville Police Department
South Carolina

“I was investigating a theft of tools out of a shed and was able to track down one of the items at a business that the victim had a serial number for. I checked the previous history of the suspect and located the remaining tools, which they had sold at three other businesses. All the tools were recovered and the suspect was charged.”

Det. Matt Ryan
Grove City Police Department
Ohio

“I placed a subject on my person of interest watch list in LeadsOnline. Through some transactions I observed he was selling multiple items of lawn equipment within a one month time period. I continued to monitor his transactions and located a stolen blower and edger at a business in Orlando, Florida.”

Det. Jack Gunter
Groveland Police Department
Florida

“I had a residential break-in case where over 70 pieces of jewelry were taken, as well as some tools. I had no physical evidence and very little to work with. Following up with the victim, I was able to get a serial number for an air compressor. With a LeadsOnline hit at a business, I developed a suspect. I was able to recover over 50 pieces of the stolen property for my victim. I put the primary suspect on my watch list and a few months later, he was developed as a car theft suspect in another district at my agency. I saw where he sold more jewelry in Oklahoma and we were able to link the jewelry to another break-in. Needless to say, LeadsOnline has been great for us.”

Det. R.D. Seals
Guilford County Police Department
North Carolina

“Earlier this year we took a residential burglary in which the victim had seven of his beloved guitars taken. The victim is a musician and music industry professional who is very attached to his guitars. All of them were custom and worth thousands of dollars, not to mention the sentimental value to the victim. Fortunately for him, LeadsOnline came through again as a valuable investigative tool. The day after the burglary, I began investigating the case in the same way I do all of my cases. First, I checked LeadsOnline for the stolen property. Instantly, I was able to see that the suspect in the case took three of the guitars to separate businesses in our area, along with some stolen electronics. I was able to get holds placed on them immediately, and through the businesses, I verified the suspect information they had on file. Using the investigative leads that came from LeadsOnline, I was able to find the rest of the guitars at another area business that wasn’t on LeadsOnline. I talked to them about the success we have finding stolen property and solving burglaries through LeadsOnline. I was assured by their store manager that getting signed up for LeadsOnline was definitely in their future!”

Det. Adam Wiley
Guilford County Sheriff’s Office
North Carolina

“LeadsOnline is a vast improvement over what we were doing before… we’re recovering stolen property and it just keeps getting better. Your tech support team is top notch.”

Det. Rick Whaley
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office
Tennessee

“LeadsOnline has helped me again! I was investigating a theft during which a ring was stolen. I had a suspect that denied committing the theft and almost got away with it…until I saw the transaction on LeadsOnline where he sold the ring! The ring was worth about $5000.00. Thank you for everything that you do for us in law enforcement. This system is amazing.”

Det. Skonieczna
Hanover Park PD
Illinois

“With your website, I was able to catch two criminals who stole four nail guns worth over $1,200 from a local business. They have been going all over the suburbs of Chicago and doing the same thing. In addition to my two cases, I was able to help two other agencies solve their cases. Thank you for everything you do. This is the best investigative tool that police agencies have!”

Det. Mariola Skonieczna
Hanover Park Police Department
Illinois

“This is the 3rd time that LeadsOnline has helped me solve my case! My victim reported a residential burglary during which a gold class ring was stolen. I searched LeadsOnline and found the ring! I made an arrest and I was able to get the ring back for my victim. Thank you LeadsOnline!”

Det. Mariola Skonieczna
Hanover Park Police Department
Illinois

“A larceny report was made by the complainant and his mother. His brother is a crack/ heroin user and stole property from the home and turned it into several Michigan pawn shops. The family did find all the property before it was reported to this department. I am happy to report when I entered the suspect name into LeadsOnline, I got three hits in our city. The search bought back the property from all three stores, and the suspect has been written up for two separate Larceny charges.”

Det. Tim Westphalt
Fraser Department of Public Safety
Michigan

“LeadsOnline alerted me to an NCIC hit on a stolen Rolex watch. I was able to do a NCIC check on the watch and it came back stolen during a residential burglary out of Sunnvale DPS. The suspect was a known probationer and known for drug and theft related crimes. I contacted the investigating officer and informed him of the location of the watch. The officer said he had a possible suspect in mind, and when I told him the Rolex was sold to a pawn shop in Oakland and I had the seller’s driver’s license number and photograph the Sunnyvale officer was able to confirm his suspect was involved in the burglary. All this information was forwarded to Sunnyvale for additional follow up with their case. Thanks again LeadsOnline.”

Det. Jacob Blass
Fremont Police Department
California